Bank Net Foreign Exchange Position (As % of Capital)

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Lesotho
Nicaragua
El Salvador
Guinea
Argentina
Comoros
Macao
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
Ethiopia
Trinidad and Tobago
Costa Rica
Swaziland
Slovenia
Last Updated: Jan 5, 2025

Based on a comparison of 97 countries in 2023, Lesotho ranked the highest in bank net FX position as a share of capital with 368% followed by Nicaragua and El Salvador. On the other end of the scale was Chad with -187%, Norway with -139% and Switzerland with -83.0%.

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Afghanistan%
Albania%
Angola%
Argentina%
Armenia%
Austria%
Azerbaijan%
Bangladesh%
Belarus%
Belgium%
Belize%
Bhutan%
Bolivia%
Bosnia and Herzegovina%
Botswana%
Brazil%
Brunei%
Bulgaria%
Burundi%
Cambodia%
Cameroon%
Central African Republic%
Chad%
Chile%
China%
Colombia%
Comoros%
Congo%
Costa Rica%
Croatia%
Cyprus%
Czechia%
Dem. Republic of the Congo%
Denmark%
Dominican Republic%
El Salvador%
Equatorial Guinea%
Estonia%
Ethiopia%
Fiji%
France%
Gabon%
Gambia%
Georgia%
Germany%
Ghana%
Greece%
Guatemala%
Guinea%
Honduras%
Hong Kong%
Hungary%
Iceland%
India%
Indonesia%
Iraq%
Ireland%
Israel%
Italy%
Jordan%
Kazakhstan%
Kenya%
Kosovo%
Kyrgyzstan%
Latvia%
Lebanon%
Lesotho%
Lithuania%
Luxembourg%
Macao%
Macedonia%
Madagascar%
Malawi%
Malaysia%
Maldives%
Malta%
Mauritius%
Mexico%
Moldova%
Montenegro%
Morocco%
Mozambique%
Namibia%
Nepal%
Nicaragua%
Nigeria%
Norway%
Pakistan%
Papua New Guinea%
Paraguay%
Peru%
Philippines%
Poland%
Romania%
Russia%
Rwanda%
Saudi Arabia%
Seychelles%
Singapore%
Slovakia%
Slovenia%
South Africa%
South Korea%
Spain%
Sri Lanka%
Swaziland%
Sweden%
Switzerland%
Tajikistan%
Tanzania%
Trinidad and Tobago%
Turkey%
Uganda%
Ukraine%
United Arab Emirates%
United Kingdom%
Uruguay%
Uzbekistan%
Zambia%
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