Samoa vs Vanuatu: Total reserves

Samoa
128.6%
in 2024
Vanuatu
118.2%
in 2024
Samoa rank
11th
Vanuatu rank
13th

Total reserves over time

  • Samoa
  • Vanuatu
0100200300197119972024

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 128.6% against 118.2% in Vanuatu, a difference of 10.3%.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Vanuatu's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Globally, Samoa ranks 11th and Vanuatu ranks 13th of 111 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Total reserves (% of total external debt)
Unit
% of total external debt
Source
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
151 places, 6,910 data points, 1971–2024
Last refreshed

Reserve assets are external assets, including 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 as a percentage of total external debt which are all liabilities that require payment(s) of interest and/or principal by the debtor at some point(s) in the future and that are owed to non-residents by residents of an economy.