OREANDA-NEWS   By the end of 2022, Russia became the fourth among the owners of the largest gold and foreign exchange reserves in the world, according to RIA Novosti calculations based on data from national central banks.

China remains the leader in this indicator for the 17th year in a row - at the end of December, its reserves amounted to $ 3.31 trillion. The second place was taken by Japan with savings of 1.27 trillion, and the third — Switzerland, which has assets of 924 billion dollars.

Russia ended the year with $582 billion in reserves. Moreover, in 2021, it lost fourth place to India, but in the summer it regained its position. India remained fifth, its reserves reach 563 billion dollars. In sixth place is Saudi Arabia with savings of $ 460 billion. At the end of the year, it rose by two positions, shifting Hong Kong ($424 billion) to the seventh position, and South Korea ($424 billion) to the eighth. Singapore, which ranked ninth in 2021, lost two positions and dropped out of the top ten. As a result, Brazil ($325 billion) became the ninth, and Germany ($295 billion) — the tenth.