Singapore vs Switzerland: Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita
Singapore
47,436 SDR per person
in 2025
Switzerland
73,454 SDR per person
in 2025
Singapore rank
2nd
Switzerland rank
1st
Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita over time
- Singapore
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 73,454 SDR per person against 47,436 SDR per person in Singapore, a difference of 26,018 SDR per person.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.5 times Singapore's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Singapore ahead.
Singapore ranks 2nd and Switzerland ranks 1st of 179 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Singapore averaged higher in 5 and Switzerland in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Singapore | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 213.78 SDR per person | 111.84 SDR per person | 101.94 SDR per person | Singapore |
| 1970s | 1,106 SDR per person | 1,052 SDR per person | 53.45 SDR per person | Singapore |
| 1980s | 3,607 SDR per person | 2,398 SDR per person | 1,210 SDR per person | Singapore |
| 1990s | 11,408 SDR per person | 3,418 SDR per person | 7,990 SDR per person | Singapore |
| 2000s | 18,556 SDR per person | 4,094 SDR per person | 14,462 SDR per person | Singapore |
| 2010s | 32,501 SDR per person | 45,794 SDR per person | 13,293 SDR per person | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 45,000 SDR per person | 74,432 SDR per person | 29,432 SDR per person | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita, Singapore or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 73,454 SDR per person against 47,436 SDR per person in Singapore as of 2025.
- What is the difference in reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita between Singapore and Switzerland?
- 26,018 SDR per person, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Singapore and Switzerland?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Singapore and Switzerland rank globally for reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita?
- Singapore ranks 2nd and Switzerland ranks 1st 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.