Botswana vs Papua New Guinea: Total reserves minus gold

Botswana
3.46 billion current US$
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
3.54 billion current US$
in 2024
Botswana rank
116th
Papua New Guinea rank
113th

Total reserves minus gold over time

  • Botswana
  • Papua New Guinea
02.0B4.0B6.0B8.0B10.0B197319982024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 3.54 billion current US$ against 3.46 billion current US$ in Botswana, a difference of 88.87 million current US$.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 116th and Papua New Guinea ranks 113th of 181 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Total reserves minus gold (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
182 places, 9,490 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

This series includes external assets (excluding monetary gold) that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.