The World's Largest Sovereign Wealth Funds 💰

What We're Showing

This graphic shows the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, based on data from the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute.

Key Takeaways

• Sovereign wealth funds are large pools of money run by governments in countries that are typically resource-rich, such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, or have large foreign-exchange reserves, such as China and Singapore.
• Norway runs the largest globally, thanks to its vast oil and gas production in the North Sea, which generates 10% of the country's GDP.
• China's two biggest sovereign wealth funds hold $2.4 trillion in assets, playing a key role in financing the Belt and Road Initiative and other strategic industries.
• In early February, President Trump signed an executive order to establish an American sovereign wealth fund, although the source of these funds remains unclear.