South Africa Foreign Exchange Reserves

Last Release

Feb 28, 2025

Actual

66,264

Units In

USD Million

65,876

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Apr 08, 2025

Time to Release

28 Days 23 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
66,264 Feb 2025	5,316 Sep 1998	36,222.21 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 $66.264 billion in February 2025, the largest value since records began in 1998, from $65.876 billion in the previous month. This was driven by increases in gold reserves ($11.545 billion vs $11.315 billion), SDR holdings ($6.229 billion vs $6.185 billion), and foreign currency reserves ($48.490 billion vs $48.376 billion). Additionally, the forward position, representing the central bank's unsettled or swap transactions, rose slightly to $0.531 billion in February from $0.529 billion in the prior month.