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Which Currencies Central Banks Hold

Share of allocated official foreign exchange reserves, %

US dollar: 56.7% in Q2 2026−0.2 pp since Q2 2025

3 of 6 series are above their level a year earlier

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Current·Data to Q2 2026

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US dollar · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 1 year

Euro · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 1 year

Japanese yen · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 1 year

Pound sterling · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 1 year

Continuation isn't available for Chinese renminbi: Charts project up to 4 series.

Continuation isn't available for Other currencies: Charts project up to 4 series.

Dashed: the projection from the latest reading. A projection, not a promise.

Source: IMF Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves (COFER), quarterly. Shares of the reserves whose currency is reported to the IMF. The renminbi is listed from 2016.

The dollar still holds most of the world's official reserves, but its share has drifted down since 1999, mostly toward smaller currencies rather than the euro or the renminbi.

What this chart reads·6 series

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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).

Euro 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).

Japanese Yen 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).

Pound Sterling 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).

Chinese Renminbi 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).

Other Currencies 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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