Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets in Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong, China: Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets was 427.93 billion in 2025. ▲ Rising
Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets in Hong Kong, China, 2000–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in Hong Kong, China stood at 427.93 billion.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in Hong Kong, China peaked at 496.87 billion in 2021 and was at its lowest, 107.55 billion, in 2000.
That places Hong Kong, China 10th out of 91 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets in Hong Kong, China, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 107.55 billion | — |
| 2001 | 111.17 billion | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 111.92 billion | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 118.39 billion | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 123.57 billion | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 124.28 billion | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 133.21 billion | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 152.70 billion | +14.6% |
| 2008 | 182.54 billion | +19.5% |
| 2009 | 255.82 billion | +40.1% |
| 2010 | 268.73 billion | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 285.41 billion | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 317.34 billion | +11.2% |
| 2013 | 311.19 billion | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 328.51 billion | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 358.82 billion | +9.2% |
| 2016 | 386.24 billion | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 431.37 billion | +11.7% |
| 2018 | 424.67 billion | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 441.35 billion | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 491.77 billion | +11.4% |
| 2021 | 496.87 billion | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 424.03 billion | -14.7% |
| 2023 | 425.55 billion | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 421.50 billion | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 427.93 billion | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 142.11 billion | 107.55 billion | 255.82 billion | 10 |
| 2010s | 355.36 billion | 268.73 billion | 441.35 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 447.94 billion | 421.50 billion | 496.87 billion | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Hong Kong, China
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate -3.35 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.7308 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 41,641 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate -0.454 % change on previous year (2023)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 42,075 SDR per person (2023)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate -0.4501 % change on previous year (2023)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 42,088 SDR per person (2023)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate -0.4504 % change on previous year (2023)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 42,088 SDR per person (2023)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate -0.5027 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in Hong Kong, China?
- Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in Hong Kong, China was 427.93 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets recorded in Hong Kong, China?
- The highest recorded value was 496.87 billion in 2021.
- What is the lowest official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets recorded in Hong Kong, China?
- The lowest recorded value was 107.55 billion in 2000.
- How does Hong Kong, China rank for official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets?
- Hong Kong, China ranks 10th out of 91 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets rising or falling in Hong Kong, China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hong Kong, China 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 (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Central Government excluding Social Security). 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.