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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

World Richest Government

We know the world's richest man is Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico, followed by Bill
Gates and Warren Buffet of USA. How about governments ???
Which countries’ government is the richest (having most money that is, in US$)
If you are expecting North American and European nations, you might be disappointed.
While the countries look rich, wealthy European nations can't withstand a prolonged major financial crisis, just like Greece. The USA might have the biggest economy, but the American government is not at all rich; in fact, it can't even take out $150bn if asked to now without resorting to borrowing.
To date the US government has borrowed $14 trillion !!!
The UK, likewise, while the country/people are rich, the government isn't.
The UK government’s debt stands at $9 trillion now.

World’s Richest Government
Richest governments after 2008-2009 financial crisis:

1. China National reserves: $2,454,300,000,000
2. Japan National reserves: $1,019,000,000,000


3. Russia National reserves: $458,020,000,000







4. Saudi Arabia
National reserves: $395,467,000,000

5. Taiwan National reserves: $362,380,000,0

6. India National reserves: $279,422,000,000
POSCO, the worlds 3rd largest steelmaker, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pohang City and North Kyongsang Province to build a 100 megawatt (MW) per year fuel cell power plant by 2010 in Pohang. (World's Largest Fuel Cell Power Plant to be Built in S Korea)

7. South Korea National reserves: $274,220,000,000


8. Switzerland National reserves: $262,000,000,000

9. Hong Kong, China National reserves: $256,000,000,000

10. Brazil National reserves: $255,000,000,000






Here are the rest, in million US$:
011 Singapore / 203,436
012 Germany / 189,100
013 Thailand / 150,000
014 Algeria / 149,000
015 France / 140,848
016 Italy / 133,104
017 United States / 124,176
018 Mexico / 100,096
019 Iran / 96,560
020 Malaysia / 96,100
021 Poland / 85,232
022 Libya / 79,000
023 Denmark / 76,315
024 Turkey / 71,859
025 Indonesia / 69,730
026 United Kingdom / 69,091
027 Israel / 62,490
028 Canada / 57,392
029 Norway / 49,223
030 Iraq / 48,779
031 Argentina / 48,778
032 Philippines / 47,650
033 Sweden / 46,631
034 United Arab Emirates / 45,000
035 Hungary / 44,591
036 Romania / 44,056
037 Nigeria / 40,480
038 Czech Republic / 40,151
039 Australia / 39,454
040 Lebanon / 38,600
041 Netherlands / 38,372
042 South Africa / 38,283
043 Peru / 37,108
044 Egypt / 35,223
045 Venezuela / 31,925
046 Ukraine / 28,837
047 Spain / 28,195
048 Colombia / 25,141
049 Chile / 24,921
050 Belgium / 24,130
051 Brunei / 22,000
052 Morocco / 21,873
053 Vietnam / 17,500
054 Macau / 18,730
055 Kazakhstan / 27,549
056 Kuwait / 19,420
057 Angola / 19,400
058 Austria / 18,079
059 Serbia / 17,357
060 Pakistan / 16,770
061 New Zealand / 16,570
062 Bulgaria / 16,497
063 Ireland / 16,229
063 Portugal / 16,254
064 Croatia / 13,720
065 Jordan / 12,180
066 Finland / 11,085
067 Bangladesh / 10,550
068 Botswana / 10,000
069 Tunisia / 9,709
070 Azerbaijan / 9,316
071 Bolivia / 8,585
072 Trinidad and Tobago / 8,100
073 Yemen / 7,400
074 Uruguay / 8,104
075 Oman / 7,004
076 Latvia / 6,820
077 Lithuania / 6,438
078 Qatar / 6,368
079 Cyprus / 6,176
080 Belarus / 6,074
081 Syria / 6,039
082 Uzbekistan / 5,600
083 Luxembourg / 5,337
084 Guatemala / 5,496
085 Greece / 5,207
086 Bosnia and Herzegovina / 5,151
087 Cuba / 4,247
088 Costa Rica / 4,113
089 Equatorial Guinea / 3,928
090 Ecuador / 3,913
091 Iceland / 3,823
092 Paraguay / 3,731
093 Turkmenistan / 3,644
094 Estonia / 3,583




See also List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita

List of heads of state and government by net worth

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