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India: Total reserves (% of total external debt)

89.75percent · 2024+26.3% since 2014

Reserve assets are external assets, including monetary gold, that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of total external debt which are all liabilities that require payment(s) of interest and/or principal by the debtor at some point(s) in the future and that are owed to non-residents by residents of an economy. Annual figures for India from 1971 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202489.753
202396.948
202292.166
2021104.33
2020104.469
201982.612
201876.59
201780.655
201679.399
201573.788
201471.055
201369.771
201276.527
201189.336
2010103.461
2009111.069
2008113.346
2007135.539
2006111.612
2005113.721
2004106.459
200387.259
200267.72
200149.297
200040.6
199936.085
199831.166
199730.178
199626.488
199524.374
199424.741
199316.068
199210.867
19918.976
19906.754
198910.917
198815.493
198721.548
198623.336
198524.382
198426.053
198326.805
198230.589
198136.071
198057.953
197964.954
197850.339
197739.478
197625.563
197514.889
197418.309
197314.858
197213.636
197113.355

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World Bank (2026). Total reserves (% of total external debt). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-total-reserves (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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