What the Data Shows
China, India and the United States are compared by foreign-currency reserve assets using the latest available national releases through May 29, 2026. The rows use China’s April 2026 SAFE foreign-currency reserves, India’s May 22, 2026 RBI-reported foreign-currency assets and the U.S. Treasury’s April 17, 2026 foreign-currency reserve components. China is highest at US$3.411 trillion, compared with India at US$543.0 billion and the United States at US$38.7 billion. China’s value is 6.28 times India’s and 88.0 times the United States foreign-currency component.
Data table
Unit: current US$ billions · Period: latest available releases through May 2026
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|
| 1 | China | US$3.411T | Apr. 2026 |
| 2 | India | US$543.0B | May 22, 2026 |
| 3 | United States | US$38.7B | Apr. 17, 2026 |
Sources
Source 1: State Administration of Foreign Exchange
Publisher: State Administration of Foreign Exchange
Dataset/table: Official reserve assets table
Units: 100 million USD
Date checked: 2026-05-29
Evidence: Supports China’s April 2026 foreign currency reserves and official reserve-assets components.
Source 2: Reuters / Reserve Bank of India
Publisher: Reuters / Reserve Bank of India
Dataset/table: RBI-reported reserve table for week ended May 22, 2026
Units: US$ millions
Date checked: 2026-05-29
Evidence: Supports India’s May 22, 2026 foreign currency assets and total reserve components reported from RBI data.
Source 3: U.S. Department of the Treasury
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Treasury
Dataset/table: U.S. International Reserve Position table
Units: US$ millions
Date checked: 2026-05-29
Evidence: Supports U.S. April 17, 2026 official reserve assets and foreign currency reserve components.
Data notes & caveats
The comparison uses the foreign-currency component of official reserves rather than total official reserve assets. Release dates differ across the three rows.
Methodology
Values were converted to current US$ billions where needed and ranked by latest available national release.
Source consistency notes
Same unit and reserve-component scope, but source dates and publishers differ, so the stat is treated as latest-available and source-labelled.
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