Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets in Australia
Australia: Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets was 75.81 billion in 2025. ▲ Rising
Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets in Australia, 2000–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Australia recorded 75.81 billion for official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 18.7% on the previous year and up 65.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in Australia peaked at 75.81 billion in 2025 and was at its lowest, 19.52 billion, in 2001.
That places Australia 33rd out of 91 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets in Australia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19.61 billion | — |
| 2001 | 19.52 billion | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 21.31 billion | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 33.25 billion | +56.0% |
| 2004 | 36.70 billion | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 43.25 billion | +17.9% |
| 2006 | 55.13 billion | +27.5% |
| 2007 | 26.91 billion | -51.2% |
| 2008 | 55.76 billion | +107.2% |
| 2009 | 41.73 billion | -25.1% |
| 2010 | 42.27 billion | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 46.72 billion | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 49.74 billion | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 52.84 billion | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 54.39 billion | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 45.74 billion | -15.9% |
| 2016 | 54.30 billion | +18.7% |
| 2017 | 66.84 billion | +23.1% |
| 2018 | 53.61 billion | -19.8% |
| 2019 | 59.12 billion | +10.3% |
| 2020 | 43.05 billion | -27.2% |
| 2021 | 58.61 billion | +36.2% |
| 2022 | 57.58 billion | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 64.55 billion | +12.1% |
| 2024 | 63.84 billion | -1.1% |
| 2025 | 75.81 billion | +18.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35.32 billion | 19.52 billion | 55.76 billion | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.56 billion | 42.27 billion | 66.84 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.57 billion | 43.05 billion | 75.81 billion | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Australia
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 8.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.0183 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 1,189 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 8.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 1,642 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 14.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 1,921 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate 14.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,921 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 17.18 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in Australia?
- Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in Australia was 75.81 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 75.81 billion in 2025.
- What is the lowest official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.52 billion in 2001.
- How does Australia rank for official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets?
- Australia ranks 33rd out of 91 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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 and other foreign currency assets (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Central Government exclud. 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.