World's Richest Governments.

We know the world's richest man is Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico, After the two richest men in the world , Bill Gates n Warrent Buffet ,gave away most of their fortune to charity ) You'll have to check with Forbes for the rest. How about governments? Which government is the richest (having most money that is, in US$)? If you are expecting North American and European nations, wrong ......... While the countries may look rich, wealthy European nations can't withstand a prolonged major financial crisis, just like Greece. The USA might have the biggest economy, but the American government is not at all rich; (in fact, it can't even take out US$150bn if asked to now without resorting to borrowing.) To date the US government has borrowed $14.5 trillion! The UK, likewise, while the country/people are well off, the government isn't. The UK government's debt stands at $9 trillion now! The World's Richest Governmentsimmediately after the 2008-2009 financial crisis are: 1.P R of China National reserves: $2,454,300,000,000 2.Japan National reserves: $1,019,000,000,000 3.Russia National reserves: $458,020,000,000 4.Saudi Arabia National reserves: $395,467,000,000 5.Taiwan (ROC) National reserves: $362,380,000,000 6.India National reserves: $279,422,000,000 7.South Korea National reserves: $274,220,000,000 8.Switzerland National reserves: $262,000,000,000 9.Hong Kong, China National reserves: $256,000,000,000 10.Brazil National reserves: $255,000,000,000 Here are the rest, in million US$: 11 Singapore / 203,436 12 Germany / 189,100 13 Thailand / 150,000 14 Algeria / 149,000 15 France / 140,848 16 Italy / 133,104 17 United States / 124,176 18 Mexico / 100,096 19 Iran / 96,560 20 Malaysia / 96,100 21 Poland / 85,232 22 Libya / 79,000 23 Denmark / 76,315 24 Turkey / 71,859 25 Indonesia / 69,730 26 United Kingdom / 69,091 27 Israel / 62,490 28 Canada / 57,392 29 Norway / 49,223 30 Iraq / 48,779 31 Argentina / 48,778 32 Philippines / 47,650 33 Sweden / 46,631 34 United Arab Emirates / 45,000 35 Hungary / 44,591 36 Romania / 44,056 37 Nigeria / 40,480 38 Czech Republic / 40,151 39 Australia / 39,454 40 Lebanon / 38,600 41 Netherlands / 38,372 42 South Africa / 38,283 43 Peru / 37,108 44 Egypt / 35,223 45 Venezuela / 31,925 46 Ukraine / 28,837 47 Spain / 28,195 48 Colombia / 25,141 49 Chile / 24,921 50 Belgium / 24,130 51 Brunei / 22,000 52 Morocco / 21,873 53 Vietnam / 17,500 54 Macau / 18,730 55 Kazakhstan / 27,549 56 Kuwait / 19,420 57 Angola / 19,400 58 Austria / 18,079 59 Serbia / 17,357 60 Pakistan / 16,770 61 New Zealand / 16,570 62 Bulgaria / 16,497 63 Ireland / 16,229 63 Portugal / 16,254 64 Croatia / 13,720 65 Jordan / 12,180 66 Finland / 11,085 67 Bangladesh / 10,550 68 Botswana / 10,000 69 Tunisia / 9,709 70 Azerbaijan / 9,316 71 Bolivia / 8,585 72 Trinidad and Tobago / 8,100 73 Yemen / 7,400 74 Uruguay / 8,104 75 Oman / 7,004 76 Latvia / 6,820 77 Lithuania / 6,438 78 Qatar / 6,368 79 Cyprus / 6,176 80 Belarus / 6,074 81 Syria / 6,039 82 Uzbekistan / 5,600 83 Luxembourg / 5,337 84 Guatemala / 5,496 85 Greece / 5,207 86 Bosnia and Herzegovina / 5,151 87 Cuba / 4,247 88 Costa Rica / 4,113 89 Equatorial Guinea / 3,928 90 Ecuador / 3,913 91 Iceland / 3,823 92 Paraguay / 3,731 93 Turkmenistan / 3,644 94 Estonia / 3,583 95 Malta / 3,522 96 Myanmar / 3,500 97 Bahrain / 3,474 98 Kenya / 3,260 99 Ghana / 2,837 100 El Salvador / 2,845 101 Sri Lanka / 2,600 102 Cambodia / 2,522 103 Cote d'Ivoire / 2,500 104 Tanzania / 2,441 105 Cameroon / 2,341 106 Macedonia / 2,243 107 Dominican Republic / 2,223 108 Papua New Guinea / 2,193 109 Honduras / 2,083 110 Armenia / 1,848 111 Slovakia / 1,809 112 Mauritius / 1,772 113 Albania / 1,615 114 Kyrgyzstan / 1,559 115 Jamaica / 1,490 116 Mozambique / 1,470 117 Gabon / 1,459 118 Senegal / 1,350 119 Georgia / 1,300 120 Panama / 1,260 121 Sudan / 1,245 122 Zimbabwe / 1,222 123 Slovenia / 1,105 124 Moldova / 1,102 125 Zambia / 1,100 126 Nicaragua / 1,496 127 Mongolia / 1,000 128 Chad / 997 129 Burkina Faso / 897 130 Lesotho / 889 131 Ethiopia / 840 132 Benin / 825 133 Namibia / 750 134 Madagascar / 745 135 Barbados / 620 136 Laos / 514 137 Rwanda / 511 138 Swaziland / 395 139 Togo / 363 140 Cape Verde / 344 141 Tajikistan / 301 142 Guyana / 292 143 Haiti / 221 144 Belize / 150 145 Vanuatu / 149 146 Malawi / 140 147 Gambia / 120 148 Guinea / 119 149 Burundi / 118 150 Seychelles / 118 151 Samoa / 70 152 Tonga / 55 153 Liberia / 49 154 Congo / 36 There are only 5 countries with no debt, and are all comparatively small: Brunei, Liechtenstein, Palau, Nieu, and Macau (China)