Singapore vs World: Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita
Singapore
47,436 SDR per person
in 2025
World
1,169 SDR per person
in 2025
Singapore rank
2nd
World rank
1st
Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita over time
- Singapore
- World
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 47,436 SDR per person against 1,169 SDR per person in World, a difference of 46,267 SDR per person.
That makes Singapore's figure about 40.6 times World's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Singapore has been ahead every year.
Singapore ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st of 179 countries.
Singapore has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Singapore | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 213.78 SDR per person | 7.49 SDR per person | 206.29 SDR per person | Singapore |
| 1970s | 1,106 SDR per person | 34.42 SDR per person | 1,071 SDR per person | Singapore |
| 1980s | 3,607 SDR per person | 77.03 SDR per person | 3,530 SDR per person | Singapore |
| 1990s | 11,408 SDR per person | 159.93 SDR per person | 11,248 SDR per person | Singapore |
| 2000s | 18,556 SDR per person | 453.72 SDR per person | 18,102 SDR per person | Singapore |
| 2010s | 32,501 SDR per person | 1,026 SDR per person | 31,475 SDR per person | Singapore |
| 2020s | 45,000 SDR per person | 1,147 SDR per person | 43,853 SDR per person | Singapore |
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 World?
- Singapore, at 47,436 SDR per person against 1,169 SDR per person in World as of 2025.
- What is the difference in reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita between Singapore and World?
- 46,267 SDR per person, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Singapore and World?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Singapore and World rank globally for reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita?
- Singapore ranks 2nd and World 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.