Official Reserve Assets: Guidelines for a Data Template … volume in Uruguay
Uruguay: Official Reserve Assets: Guidelines for a Data Template … volume was 3,244 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets in Uruguay, 2003–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 3,244 for official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in Uruguay peaked at 10,000 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 3,183, in 2024.
Uruguay ranks 75th of 82 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Official Reserve Assets: Guidelines for a Data Template … volume in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 10,000 | — |
| 2004 | 10,000 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 8,425 | -15.7% |
| 2006 | 10,000 | +18.7% |
| 2007 | 10,000 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 10,000 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10,000 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 10,000 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10,000 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10,000 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 10,000 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10,000 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3,419 | -65.8% |
| 2016 | 3,322 | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 3,314 | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 3,464 | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 3,295 | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 3,336 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 3,312 | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 3,254 | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 3,290 | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 3,183 | -3.2% |
| 2025 | 3,244 | +1.9% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 3,244 is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.87 million, 0% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 3,244 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 150,307, 2% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Official Reserve Assets: Guidelines for a Data Template … volume in Uruguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | -65.8% | 10,000 | 3,419 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9,775 | 8,425 | 10,000 | 7 |
| 2010s | 6,682 | 3,295 | 10,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,270 | 3,183 | 3,336 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More financial sector data for Uruguay
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 7.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 44.98 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 2.76 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0013 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 32.84 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 7.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 44.98 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 2.76 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in Uruguay?
- Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in Uruguay was 3,244 in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 10,000 in 2003.
- What is the lowest official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,183 in 2024.
- How does Uruguay rank for official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets?
- Uruguay ranks 75th out of 82 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.