Predetermined short-term: Guidelines for a Data Template … Centr in Germany
Germany: Predetermined short-term: Guidelines for a Data Template … Centr was 0 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Germany, 2001–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Germany recorded 0 for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in 2025. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Germany peaked at 0 in 2018 and was at its lowest, -3.51 billion, in 2003.
That places Germany 11th out of 53 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Predetermined short-term: Guidelines for a Data Template … Centr in Germany, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | -1.25 billion | — |
| 2002 | -1.93 billion | +55.0% |
| 2003 | -3.51 billion | +81.8% |
| 2004 | -2.71 billion | -22.9% |
| 2005 | -3.34 billion | +23.3% |
| 2006 | -1.39 billion | -58.3% |
| 2007 | -2.87 billion | +105.9% |
| 2008 | -2.06 billion | -28.4% |
| 2010 | -212.46 million | -89.7% |
| 2012 | -100.27 million | -52.8% |
| 2013 | -51.03 million | -49.1% |
| 2014 | -956.71 million | +1774.9% |
| 2015 | -621.65 million | -35.0% |
| 2016 | -1.28 billion | +106.5% |
| 2017 | -1.21 billion | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | -34.73 million | — |
| 2024 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2025 | 0 | — |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Predetermined short-term: Guidelines for a Data Template … Centr in Germany changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | -1774.9% | -51.03 million | -956.71 million |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -2.38 billion | -3.51 billion | -1.25 billion | 8 |
| 2010s | -492.74 million | -1.28 billion | 0 | 9 |
| 2020s | -5.79 million | -34.73 million | 0 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 8 Spain 1.40 million compare
- 9 Malta 928,250 compare
- 10 Bolivia 282.35 compare
- 11 Austria 0 compare
- 11 Bulgaria 0
- 11 Belarus 0
- 11 Colombia 0 compare
- 11 Cyprus 0
- 11 Estonia 0 compare
- 11 Finland 0 compare
- 11 Guatemala 0 compare
- 11 Ireland 0 compare
- 11 Iceland 0 compare
- 11 Israel 0 compare
- 11 Kazakhstan 0 compare
- 11 Luxembourg 0
- 11 Latvia 0 compare
- 11 Mexico 0 compare
- 11 Netherlands 0 compare
- 11 Portugal 0 compare
- 11 Paraguay 0
- 11 Slovakia 0 compare
- 11 Sweden 0 compare
More financial sector data for Germany
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 12.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0019 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 115.41 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 6.76 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0014 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 84.27 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 12.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0019 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 115.41 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 6.76 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Germany?
- Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Germany was 0 in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 0 in 2018.
- What is the lowest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was -3.51 billion in 2003.
- How does Germany rank for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets?
- Germany ranks 11th out of 53 countries with data for 2025.
- Is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Germany 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), Other predetermined short term net drains on foreign currency assets, Up to 1 month (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Centr. 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.