South Africa Foreign Exchange Reserves

Last Release

Oct 31, 2025

Actual

71,550

Units In

USD Million

69,740

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jan 08, 2026

Time to Release

1 Months 2 Days 19 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
71,550 Oct 2025	5,316 Sep 1998	37,008.6 USD Million	1998-2025	South African Reserve Bank

In South Africa, Foreign Exchange Reserves are the foreign assets held or controlled by the country central bank. The reserves are made of gold or a specific currency. They can also be special drawing rights and marketable securities denominated in foreign currencies like treasury bills, government bonds, corporate bonds and equities and foreign currency loans.

Latest Updates

Gross foreign exchange reserves in South Africa rose to a new historical high of $72.07 billion in November 2025 from $71.55 billion in the previous month. Increases were recorded in gold reserves ($16.838 billion vs $16.210 billion in October) and SDR holdings ($6.502 billion vs $6.501 billion). On the other hand, foreign currency reserves posted a decrease ($48.728 billion vs $48.839 billion), while the forward position, representing the central bank’s unsettled or swap transactions, fell to $0.552 billion in November from $0.602 in the preceding period.