International reserves — all countries

International reserves — South America

International reserves in South America in 2025 — 637,498,516,657 US$. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 28,770.5%.

2025 637B US$ +9.29% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 637B US$2025
Period minimum 1.6B US$1962

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

International reserves — South America, 1960–20250200B400B600B800B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,208,130,726 US$1962: 1,598,145,926 US$1964: 1,888,074,766 US$1966: 2,160,622,483 US$1968: 2,924,571,446 US$1970: 4,232,479,458 US$1972: 8,493,022,998 US$1974: 19,032,839,451 US$1976: 22,286,483,915 US$1978: 34,434,871,401 US$1980: 48,165,194,246 US$1982: 33,951,270,035 US$1984: 36,073,906,788 US$1986: 35,636,188,280 US$1988: 33,906,247,687 US$1990: 46,206,263,903 US$1992: 73,209,941,467 US$1994: 102,367,887,076 US$1996: 139,221,092,196 US$1998: 125,767,549,766 US$2000: 113,152,423,681 US$2002: 100,048,563,886 US$2004: 144,963,173,896 US$2006: 217,386,751,450 US$2008: 383,599,435,346 US$2010: 496,214,305,963 US$2012: 625,538,293,781 US$2014: 611,127,462,602 US$2016: 597,600,538,773 US$2018: 624,452,817,949 US$2020: 606,747,412,214 US$2022: 576,572,623,130 US$2024: 583,311,349,267 US$2025: 637,498,516,657 US$
Change over the period: +635B (+28,770.51%) Average annual rate: 9.11 %
International reserves — South America, by year South America All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 637B +54.19B +9.29%
2024 583B −6.23B −1.06%
2023 590B +12.97B +2.25%
2022 577B −54.2B −8.59%
2021 631B +24.03B +3.96%
2020 607B +10.39B +1.74%
2019 596B −28.1B −4.5%
2018 624B −1.79B −0.29%
2017 626B +28.64B +4.79%
2016 598B +15.56B +2.67%
2015 582B −29.09B −4.76%
2014 611B +8.99B +1.49%
2013 602B −23.4B −3.74%
2012 626B +44.72B +7.7%
2011 581B +84.6B +17.05%
2010 496B +66.29B +15.42%
2009 430B +46.32B +12.08%
2008 384B +41.64B +12.18%
2007 342B +125B +57.3%
2006 217B +50.93B +30.6%
2005 166B +21.49B +14.83%
2004 145B +17.96B +14.14%
2003 127B +26.95B +26.94%
2002 100B −2.78B −2.71%
2001 103B −10.32B −9.12%
2000 113B −3.88B −3.32%
1999 117B −8.74B −6.95%
1998 126B −12.86B −9.28%
1997 139B −594M −0.43%
1996 139B +22.57B +19.35%
1995 117B +14.29B +13.95%
1994 102B +14.13B +16.01%
1993 88.24B +15.03B +20.53%
1992 73.21B +20.25B +38.24%
1991 52.96B +6.75B +14.62%
1990 46.21B +11.51B +33.17%
1989 34.7B +790M +2.33%
1988 33.91B −1.22B −3.47%
1987 35.13B −511M −1.43%
1986 35.64B −4.78B −11.83%
1985 40.42B +4.34B +12.04%
1984 36.07B +5.92B +19.63%
1983 30.15B −3.8B −11.18%
1982 33.95B −7.04B −17.17%
1981 40.99B −7.18B −14.9%
1980 48.17B −672M −1.38%
1979 48.84B +14.4B +41.82%
1978 34.43B +8.02B +30.35%
1977 26.42B +4.13B +18.53%
1976 22.29B +4.48B +25.14%
1975 17.81B −1.22B −6.43%
1974 19.03B +5.26B +38.17%
1973 13.77B +5.28B +62.19%
1972 8.49B +3.57B +72.64%
1971 4.92B +687M +16.23%
1970 4.23B +1.01B +31.53%
1969 3.22B +293M +10.03%
1968 2.92B +460M +18.64%
1967 2.47B +304M +14.09%
1966 2.16B −105M −4.64%
1965 2.27B +378M +20.01%
1964 1.89B −68.04M −3.48%
1963 1.96B +358M +22.4%
1962 1.6B −437M −21.48%
1961 2.04B −173M −7.82%
1960 2.21B

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.