International reserves — all countries

International reserves — Malaysia

International reserves in Malaysia in 2025 — 125,629,250,346 US$. Ranked 24 in the world out of 124. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 26,572.9%.

2025 126B US$ +8.09% vs 2024
World rank 24of 124
Period maximum 140B US$2012
Period minimum 457M US$1967

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

International reserves — Malaysia, 1960–2025050B100B150B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 471,000,000 US$1962: 531,546,300 US$1964: 593,424,000 US$1966: 494,285,700 US$1968: 529,201,000 US$1970: 667,456,900 US$1972: 1,014,857,175 US$1974: 1,856,664,245 US$1976: 2,627,815,149 US$1978: 3,670,453,192 US$1980: 5,754,999,182 US$1982: 4,832,354,978 US$1984: 4,441,615,351 US$1986: 6,942,091,429 US$1988: 7,490,586,592 US$1990: 10,658,831,703 US$1992: 18,023,989,163 US$1994: 26,338,865,721 US$1996: 27,891,908,787 US$1998: 26,235,700,001 US$2000: 28,650,936,564 US$2002: 33,761,683,388 US$2004: 66,393,546,884 US$2006: 82,876,090,883 US$2008: 92,166,457,065 US$2010: 106,528,123,470 US$2012: 139,730,782,666 US$2014: 115,958,875,076 US$2016: 94,481,267,074 US$2018: 101,452,531,755 US$2020: 107,643,865,229 US$2022: 114,658,812,345 US$2024: 116,229,205,258 US$2025: 125,629,250,346 US$
Change over the period: +125B (+26,572.88%) Average annual rate: 8.97 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Malaysia 126B US$
South-Eastern Asia computed 1.23T US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 5.88T US$
International reserves — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 126B +9.4B +8.09%
2024 116B +2.77B +2.44%
2023 113B −1.2B −1.04%
2022 115B −2.26B −1.93%
2021 117B +9.27B +8.61%
2020 108B +4.01B +3.87%
2019 104B +2.18B +2.15%
2018 101B −994M −0.97%
2017 102B +7.97B +8.43%
2016 94.48B −801M −0.84%
2015 95.28B −20.68B −17.83%
2014 116B −18.89B −14.01%
2013 135B −4.88B −3.49%
2012 140B +6.16B +4.61%
2011 134B +27.04B +25.39%
2010 107B +9.82B +10.16%
2009 96.7B +4.54B +4.92%
2008 92.17B −9.83B −9.64%
2007 102B +19.12B +23.07%
2006 82.88B +12.42B +17.62%
2005 70.46B +4.06B +6.12%
2004 66.39B +22.08B +49.84%
2003 44.31B +10.55B +31.24%
2002 33.76B +3.92B +13.12%
2001 29.85B +1.19B +4.17%
2000 28.65B −2.28B −7.37%
1999 30.93B +4.69B +17.9%
1998 26.24B +4.77B +22.2%
1997 21.47B −6.42B −23.02%
1996 27.89B +3.19B +12.93%
1995 24.7B −1.64B −6.23%
1994 26.34B −1.84B −6.54%
1993 28.18B +10.16B +56.36%
1992 18.02B +6.31B +53.83%
1991 11.72B +1.06B +9.92%
1990 10.66B +1.93B +22.05%
1989 8.73B +1.24B +16.59%
1988 7.49B −1.08B −12.63%
1987 8.57B +1.63B +23.49%
1986 6.94B +1.27B +22.28%
1985 5.68B +1.24B +27.81%
1984 4.44B −231M −4.94%
1983 4.67B −160M −3.31%
1982 4.83B −192M −3.82%
1981 5.02B −731M −12.7%
1980 5.75B +749M +14.97%
1979 5.01B +1.34B +36.37%
1978 3.67B +600M +19.53%
1977 3.07B +443M +16.86%
1976 2.63B +939M +55.59%
1975 1.69B −168M −9.03%
1974 1.86B +395M +27.03%
1973 1.46B +447M +44.02%
1972 1.01B +188M +22.7%
1971 827M +160M +23.92%
1970 667M +47.48M +7.66%
1969 620M +90.78M +17.15%
1968 529M +72.18M +15.79%
1967 457M −37.27M −7.54%
1966 494M +24.43M +5.2%
1965 470M −124M −20.82%
1964 593M +38.16M +6.87%
1963 555M +23.72M +4.46%
1962 532M +59.55M +12.62%
1961 472M +1M +0.21%
1960 471M

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.