Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Italy
Italy: Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets was -500.46 million in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Italy, 2000–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Italy recorded -500.46 million for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Italy peaked at -370.34 million in 2018 and was at its lowest, -2.29 billion, in 2004.
Italy ranks 48th of 85 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -1.97 billion | -2.29 billion | -1.59 billion | 10 |
| 2010s | -788.09 million | -1.54 billion | -370.34 million | 10 |
| 2020s | -602.47 million | -717.53 million | -500.46 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 45 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -317.86 million compare
- 46 Honduras -338.10 million compare
- 47 Tunisia -368.11 million compare
- 49 Guatemala -575.14 million compare
- 50 Hong Kong (China) -606.00 million compare
- 51 Kazakhstan -620.87 million compare
More financial sector data for Italy
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 52,704 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.3 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 2.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 2.76 billion SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 251.41 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 38.37 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 65.50 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 316.91 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 313.66 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 5,324 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Italy?
- Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Italy was -500.46 million in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was -370.34 million in 2018.
- What is the lowest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.29 billion in 2004.
- How does Italy rank for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets?
- Italy ranks 48th out of 85 countries with data for 2025.
- Is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value), Foreign currency loans, securities and deposits, interest, More than 3 months and up to 1 year, Outflows (reserves template) (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IR. 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.