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Notes on Statistics
Reserves and Debts are other good measures to understand the state of economy. The values for 1998 are given in the table below. The data is not available for many economies. Further the accuracy of the data is also questionable. It might just serve as a rough measure or a starting point.
| Member Economy | Reserves (including gold and official reserves) in 1998 SDR billion | External debt in 1998 in million US$ | External debt in 1998 as % of GNP |
| Australia | 11.03 | - | ... |
| Brunei | ... | ... | ... |
| Canada | 16.64 | ... | ... |
| Chile | 11.17 | ... | ... |
| China | 108.17 | 154 599.00 | 15 |
| Hong Kong | 62.95 | ... | ... |
| Indonesia | 16.24 | 150 875.00 | 169 |
| Japan | 158.88 | ... | ... |
| Korea | 36.93 | ... | ... |
| Malaysia | 16.73 | 44 733.00 | 69 |
| Mexico | 22.59 | 159 959.00 | 39 |
| New Zealand | 3.19 | ... | ... |
| Papua New Guinea | ... | 2692 | 69 |
| Peru | ... | 32 397.00 | 55 |
| Philippines | 6.76 | 47817 | 66 |
| Russia | 6.06 | 183 601.00 | 62 |
| Singapore | 53.9 | ... | ... |
| Chinese Taipei | 62.81 | ... | ... |
| Thailand | 20.56 | 86 172.00 | 79 |
| USA | 59.38 | ... | ... |
| Viet Nam | ... | 22 359.00 | 76 |