Singapore vs World: Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita
Singapore
48,383 SDR per person
in 2025
World
1,261 SDR per person
in 2025
Singapore rank
2nd
World rank
1st
Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita over time
- Singapore
- World
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 48,383 SDR per person against 1,261 SDR per person in World, a difference of 47,122 SDR per person.
That makes Singapore's figure about 38.4 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 | 215.29 SDR per person | 8.96 SDR per person | 206.33 SDR per person | Singapore |
| 1970s | 1,111 SDR per person | 39.04 SDR per person | 1,072 SDR per person | Singapore |
| 1980s | 3,655 SDR per person | 86.91 SDR per person | 3,568 SDR per person | Singapore |
| 1990s | 11,475 SDR per person | 169.78 SDR per person | 11,306 SDR per person | Singapore |
| 2000s | 18,661 SDR per person | 466.4 SDR per person | 18,194 SDR per person | Singapore |
| 2010s | 32,764 SDR per person | 1,064 SDR per person | 31,700 SDR per person | Singapore |
| 2020s | 45,881 SDR per person | 1,231 SDR per person | 44,650 SDR per person | Singapore |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher reserves excluding gold (sdr), per capita, Singapore or World?
- Singapore, at 48,383 SDR per person against 1,261 SDR per person in World as of 2025.
- What is the difference in reserves excluding gold (sdr), per capita between Singapore and World?
- 47,122 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 (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 (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 (SDR) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.