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The Dollar's Share of World Reserves Since 1999
US dollar share of allocated official foreign exchange reserves, %
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Source: IMF COFER, quarterly. Shares move with exchange rates as well as with central banks' choices: a weaker dollar lowers its share even if no reserves are sold.
The single number behind the "de-dollarization" debate, quarter by quarter since the euro was created.
What this chart reads
- US Dollar Share of Global FX Reserves (IMF COFER)as “US dollar share”latest 2026-04-01
Sources
US Dollar Share of Global FX Reserves (IMF COFER). Source: International Monetary Fund, Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves (COFER), read from the IMF data API (api.imf.org, dataflow IMF.STA/COFER). https://data.imf.org/ Attribution: Source: International Monetary Fund. Transformations by Palanor where stated. Palanor stores the IMF's figures as published, rounded to at most four significant decimals. IMF data is available free of charge from the IMF. Use follows the IMF Copyright and Usage terms, Special Terms for Statistical Data (imf.org/en/About/copyright-and-terms).
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