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Which Currencies Central Banks Hold
Share of allocated official foreign exchange reserves, %
3 of 6 series are above their level a year earlier·1 of 6 is at a five-year high·1 of 6 is at a five-year low
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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)as “US dollar”latest 2026-04-01
- Euro Share of Global FX Reserves (IMF COFER)as “Euro”latest 2026-04-01
- Japanese Yen Share of Global FX Reserves (IMF COFER)as “Japanese yen”latest 2026-04-01
- Pound Sterling Share of Global FX Reserves (IMF COFER)as “Pound sterling”latest 2026-04-01
- Chinese Renminbi Share of Global FX Reserves (IMF COFER)as “Chinese renminbi”latest 2026-04-01
- Other Currencies Share of Global FX Reserves (IMF COFER)as “Other currencies”latest 2026-04-01
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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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