Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets (approximate market value), Other foreign currency assets (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Central Government excluding Social Security) by country
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...
What the numbers show
Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets (approximate market value), Other foreign currency assets (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Central Government excluding Social Security) is currently reported for 67 countries. The highest value is 160.51 billion in China; the lowest is -289.05 million in Belgium.
The median across all reporting countries is 236.65 million, and the mean is 4.66 billion.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 555.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Australia (up 2,644.9%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 2,600.0%).
Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 160.51 billion | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 47.74 billion | 2025 | up 161.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Japan | 32.45 billion | 2025 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 4 | Chile | 14.45 billion | 2025 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Egypt | 14.24 billion | 2025 | up 1,478.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Poland | 7.18 billion | 2025 | up 362.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Philippines | 5.03 billion | 2025 | up 104.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Spain | 3.72 billion | 2025 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Italy | 3.15 billion | 2025 | up 138.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Switzerland | 2.64 billion | 2025 | up 413.9% | volatile |
| 11 | France | 2.25 billion | 2025 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Colombia | 1.86 billion | 2025 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Belarus | 1.73 billion | 2025 | up 160.4% | volatile |
| 14 | India | 1.62 billion | 2025 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Netherlands | 1.22 billion | 2025 | up 452.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Austria | 1.18 billion | 2025 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 17 | West Bank and Gaza | 1.04 billion | 2025 | up 254.7% | rising |
| 18 | Germany | 1.00 billion | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Ecuador | 909.62 million | 2025 | up 301.2% | rising |
| 20 | Angola | 826.19 million | 2025 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 21 | Latvia | 816.62 million | 2025 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Croatia | 765.19 million | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Norway | 730.36 million | 2025 | up 552.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Thailand | 584.24 million | 2025 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Lithuania | 582.10 million | 2025 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Slovakia | 545.53 million | 2024 | up 343.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Australia | 541.46 million | 2025 | up 2,644.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Czechia | 502.06 million | 2025 | up 145.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Finland | 455.42 million | 2025 | up 152.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Greece | 455.00 million | 2025 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Malta | 295.01 million | 2025 | up 71.9% | falling |
| 32 | Malaysia | 266.13 million | 2025 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Jordan | 243.39 million | 2025 | up 463.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 236.65 million | 2025 | up 82.8% | falling |
| 35 | Sweden | 232.00 million | 2025 | up 866.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Ukraine | 209.22 million | 2025 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Portugal | 178.82 million | 2025 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Estonia | 162.82 million | 2025 | up 79.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Hungary | 98.47 million | 2025 | up 235.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Jamaica | 73.04 million | 2025 | up 154.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Uruguay | 71.61 million | 2025 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Slovenia | 71.52 million | 2025 | down 68.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Cyprus | 56.02 million | 2025 | up 210.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Mauritius | 51.68 million | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Paraguay | 10.20 million | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 46 | Russia | 5.40 million | 2021 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Seychelles | 4.44 million | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 48 | Iceland | 1.47 million | 2025 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Albania | 10,000 | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 50 | Luxembourg | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Argentina | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Armenia | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 50 | South Korea | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Turkey | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Peru | 0 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Ireland | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Morocco | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Mexico | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Mongolia | 0 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 50 | United Kingdom | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Brazil | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Denmark | -17.95 million | 2025 | up 68.7% | volatile |
| 77 | South Africa | -25.00 million | 2025 | down 2,600.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Sri Lanka | -89.48 million | 2025 | down 248.4% | volatile |
| 79 | New Zealand | -194.18 million | 2025 | down 424.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Belgium | -289.05 million | 2025 | down 181.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro Area (EA) 19.59 billion
- European Central Bank (ECB) 2.72 billion
About this data
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.