Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets in India
India: Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets was 28.30 million in 2025. ▲ Rising
Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets in India, 2007–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in India is 28.30 million, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 58.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in India peaked at 28.30 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, 11.50 million, in 2007.
India ranks 9th of 82 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets in India, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 11.50 million | — |
| 2008 | 11.50 million | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 17.90 million | +55.7% |
| 2010 | 17.90 million | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 17.90 million | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 17.90 million | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 17.90 million | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 17.90 million | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 17.90 million | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 17.90 million | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 17.94 million | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 19.30 million | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 20.41 million | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 21.75 million | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 24.24 million | +11.4% |
| 2022 | 25.31 million | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 25.84 million | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 28.17 million | +9.0% |
| 2025 | 28.30 million | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.63 million | 11.50 million | 17.90 million | 3 |
| 2010s | 18.30 million | 17.90 million | 20.41 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.60 million | 21.75 million | 28.30 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
- 6 Russian Federation 74.80 million compare
- 7 China 74.15 million compare
- 8 Switzerland 33.44 million compare
- 10 Japan 27.20 million compare
- 11 Türkiye 26.09 million compare
- 12 Netherlands 19.69 million compare
More financial sector data for India
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 213,661 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 79.06 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 13.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 990.63 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 90.27 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 403.72 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 420.92 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 511.19 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 502.16 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 343.04 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in India?
- Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in India was 28.30 million in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 28.30 million in 2025.
- What is the lowest official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.50 million in 2007.
- How does India rank for official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets?
- India ranks 9th out of 82 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets (approximate market value), Official reserve assets, gold volume in millions of fine troy ounces (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Central Govern. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency obligations and related activities of monetary authorities and central governments that can lead to drains on official reserves and other foreign currency assets. This website re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country are also available. Please note that the re-dissemination of the template data by the Fund does not constitute endorsement of the quality of the data by the Fund.