Total reserves

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 in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Reported as: includes gold.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
181
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.

  1. Produced by

    International Monetary Fund

    International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Albania20258.60Bcurrent USD
Algeria202572.50Bcurrent USD
Angola202513.54Bcurrent USD
Antigua and Barbuda2025378.52Mcurrent USD
Argentina202541.00Bcurrent USD
Armenia20255.09Bcurrent USD
Aruba20252.23Bcurrent USD
Australia202572.63Bcurrent USD
Austria202553.44Bcurrent USD
Azerbaijan202513.56Bcurrent USD

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