South Africa Foreign Exchange Reserves

Last Release

May 31, 2025

Actual

68,116

Units In

USD Million

67,585

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 04, 2025

Time to Release

24 Days 5 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
68,116 May 2025	5,316 Sep 1998	36,509.4 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 increased to a fresh record high of $68.116 billion in May 2025, from $67.585 billion in the previous month. This was driven by increases in gold reserves ($13.277 billion vs $13.192 billion in April), SDR holdings ($6.439 billion vs $6.436 billion), and foreign currency reserves ($48.4 billion vs $47.957 billion). Meanwhile, the forward position, representing the central bank's unsettled or swap transactions, decreased to $0.528 billion in May from $0.791 billion in the prior month.