Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Brazil
Brazil: Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets was -2.02 billion in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Brazil, 2000–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Brazil is -2.02 billion, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 53.3% on the previous year and down 131.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Brazil peaked at 0 in 2003 and was at its lowest, -4.31 billion, in 2024.
Brazil ranks 73rd of 85 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 | -807.47 million | -4.19 billion | 0 | 10 |
| 2010s | -605.89 million | -2.10 billion | -86.03 million | 10 |
| 2020s | -1.63 billion | -4.31 billion | -16.45 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More financial sector data for Brazil
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 75.1% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 8.42 (2025)
- Net domestic credit 17.77 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Net foreign assets 1.26 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 75.1% (2025)
- Broad money 118.2% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 55.5% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 75.1% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 5.59 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -217,283 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Brazil?
- Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Brazil was -2.02 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 0 in 2003.
- What is the lowest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was -4.31 billion in 2024.
- How does Brazil rank for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets?
- Brazil ranks 73rd out of 85 countries with data for 2025.
- Is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 131.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil 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, principal, Up to 1 month, Outflows (reserves template) (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary A. 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.