South Africa Foreign Exchange Reserves

Last Release

Aug 31, 2025

Actual

70,420

Units In

USD Million

69,160

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Oct 07, 2025

Time to Release

30 Days 5 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
70,420 Aug 2025	5,316 Sep 1998	36,805.98 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 $70.420 billion in August 2025 from $69.161 billion in the previous month. The increase was mainly driven by higher gold reserves ($13.757 billion vs $13.332 billion in July), foreign currency reserves ($50.160 billion vs $49.395 billion) and SDR holdings ($6.499 billion vs $6.434 billion). Additionally, the forward position, representing the central bank’s unsettled or swap transactions, remained steady at $0.535 billion in August, unchanged from the preceding period.