New Zealand vs Sweden: Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita
New Zealand
3,398 SDR per person
in 2025
Sweden
3,126 SDR per person
in 2025
New Zealand rank
28th
Sweden rank
30th
Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita over time
- New Zealand
- Sweden
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 3,398 SDR per person against 3,126 SDR per person in Sweden, a difference of 272 SDR per person.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was New Zealand ahead.
New Zealand ranks 28th and Sweden ranks 30th of 179 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 76.17 SDR per person | 66.78 SDR per person | 9.38 SDR per person | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 141.22 SDR per person | 198.64 SDR per person | 57.41 SDR per person | Sweden |
| 1980s | 463.61 SDR per person | 503.68 SDR per person | 40.07 SDR per person | Sweden |
| 1990s | 753.3 SDR per person | 1,407 SDR per person | 654.04 SDR per person | Sweden |
| 2000s | 1,410 SDR per person | 1,610 SDR per person | 200.06 SDR per person | Sweden |
| 2010s | 2,331 SDR per person | 3,367 SDR per person | 1,037 SDR per person | Sweden |
| 2020s | 2,154 SDR per person | 3,076 SDR per person | 922.54 SDR per person | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita, New Zealand or Sweden?
- New Zealand, at 3,398 SDR per person against 3,126 SDR per person in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita between New Zealand and Sweden?
- 272 SDR per person, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Sweden?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do New Zealand and Sweden rank globally for reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita?
- New Zealand ranks 28th and Sweden ranks 30th of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.