Switzerland vs World: Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita
Switzerland
73,454 SDR per person
in 2025
World
1,169 SDR per person
in 2025
Switzerland rank
1st
World rank
1st
Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita over time
- Switzerland
- World
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 73,454 SDR per person against 1,169 SDR per person in World, a difference of 72,285 SDR per person.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 62.8 times World's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.
Switzerland ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 179 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Switzerland | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 111.84 SDR per person | 7.49 SDR per person | 104.35 SDR per person | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 1,052 SDR per person | 34.42 SDR per person | 1,018 SDR per person | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 2,398 SDR per person | 77.03 SDR per person | 2,321 SDR per person | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 3,418 SDR per person | 159.93 SDR per person | 3,258 SDR per person | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 4,094 SDR per person | 453.72 SDR per person | 3,640 SDR per person | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 45,794 SDR per person | 1,026 SDR per person | 44,768 SDR per person | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 74,432 SDR per person | 1,147 SDR per person | 73,285 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, Switzerland or World?
- Switzerland, at 73,454 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 Switzerland and World?
- 72,285 SDR per person, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Switzerland and World?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Switzerland and World rank globally for reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita?
- Switzerland ranks 1st 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.