International reserves — all countries

International reserves — China

International reserves in China in 2025 — 3,748,744,952,818 US$. Ranked 1 in the world out of 124. Since 1977, the indicator has risen by 84,021.2%.

2025 3.75T US$ +8.47% vs 2024
World rank 1of 124
Period maximum 3.9T US$2014
Period minimum 4.45B US$1978

Trend over time

1977–2025 · US$

International reserves — China, 1977–202501T2T3T4T197719821987199219972002200720122017202220251977: 4,456,360,000 US$1978: 4,449,800,000 US$1979: 8,707,600,000 US$1980: 10,090,779,859 US$1981: 10,106,339,043 US$1982: 17,151,500,473 US$1983: 19,831,702,778 US$1984: 21,281,443,730 US$1985: 16,881,047,188 US$1986: 16,417,429,180 US$1987: 22,453,016,928 US$1988: 23,751,513,806 US$1989: 23,052,566,323 US$1990: 34,475,661,159 US$1991: 48,165,019,103 US$1992: 24,852,636,915 US$1993: 27,348,104,117 US$1994: 57,781,337,884 US$1995: 80,288,427,870 US$1996: 111,728,900,039 US$1997: 146,448,007,873 US$1998: 152,842,955,596 US$1999: 161,414,049,492 US$2000: 171,763,098,226 US$2001: 220,056,777,617 US$2002: 297,739,475,705 US$2003: 416,199,411,549 US$2004: 622,948,544,350 US$2005: 831,409,619,696 US$2006: 1,080,755,682,870 US$2007: 1,546,364,660,543 US$2008: 1,966,037,431,070 US$2009: 2,452,899,062,068 US$2010: 2,913,711,711,315 US$2011: 3,254,674,063,564 US$2012: 3,387,512,973,774 US$2013: 3,880,368,265,253 US$2014: 3,900,039,302,991 US$2015: 3,405,253,363,888 US$2016: 3,097,658,421,378 US$2017: 3,235,681,607,213 US$2018: 3,168,216,331,199 US$2019: 3,222,894,578,036 US$2020: 3,357,240,875,434 US$2021: 3,427,931,394,629 US$2022: 3,306,839,412,814 US$2023: 3,449,544,415,519 US$2024: 3,456,024,808,739 US$2025: 3,748,744,952,818 US$
Change over the period: +3.74T (+84,021.23%) Average annual rate: 15.06 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: China

China 3.75T US$
Eastern Asia computed 5.59T US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 5.88T US$
International reserves — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 3.75T +293B +8.47%
2024 3.46T +6.48B +0.19%
2023 3.45T +143B +4.32%
2022 3.31T −121B −3.53%
2021 3.43T +70.69B +2.11%
2020 3.36T +134B +4.17%
2019 3.22T +54.68B +1.73%
2018 3.17T −67.47B −2.09%
2017 3.24T +138B +4.46%
2016 3.1T −308B −9.03%
2015 3.41T −495B −12.69%
2014 3.9T +19.67B +0.51%
2013 3.88T +493B +14.55%
2012 3.39T +133B +4.08%
2011 3.25T +341B +11.7%
2010 2.91T +461B +18.79%
2009 2.45T +487B +24.76%
2008 1.97T +420B +27.14%
2007 1.55T +466B +43.08%
2006 1.08T +249B +29.99%
2005 831B +208B +33.46%
2004 623B +207B +49.68%
2003 416B +118B +39.79%
2002 298B +77.68B +35.3%
2001 220B +48.29B +28.12%
2000 172B +10.35B +6.41%
1999 161B +8.57B +5.61%
1998 153B +6.39B +4.37%
1997 146B +34.72B +31.07%
1996 112B +31.44B +39.16%
1995 80.29B +22.51B +38.95%
1994 57.78B +30.43B +111.28%
1993 27.35B +2.5B +10.04%
1992 24.85B −23.31B −48.4%
1991 48.17B +13.69B +39.71%
1990 34.48B +11.42B +49.55%
1989 23.05B −699M −2.94%
1988 23.75B +1.3B +5.78%
1987 22.45B +6.04B +36.76%
1986 16.42B −464M −2.75%
1985 16.88B −4.4B −20.68%
1984 21.28B +1.45B +7.31%
1983 19.83B +2.68B +15.63%
1982 17.15B +7.05B +69.71%
1981 10.11B +15.56M +0.15%
1980 10.09B +1.38B +15.88%
1979 8.71B +4.26B +95.69%
1978 4.45B −6.56M −0.15%
1977 4.46B

Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Total international reserves, including monetary gold, special drawing rights, the reserve position in the IMF and foreign currency assets under the control of the central bank. Reserves are a buffer for servicing external obligations and supporting the exchange rate; their adequacy is assessed in months of imports.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.