United Kingdom - Changes in net reserves

Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$) in United Kingdom was ($4,223,901,000) as of 2020. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $31,315,860,000 in 2015 and ($7,422,154,000) in 1989.

Definition: Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are those external assets that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, and include holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other reserve assets. Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1970 $802,989,700
1971 $4,905,856,000
1972 ($1,112,343,000)
1973 ($1,901,975,000)
1974 ($3,856,105,000)
1975 ($3,364,767,000)
1976 ($6,789,857,000)
1977 $12,804,910,000
1978 ($2,589,870,000)
1979 $2,534,680,000
1980 $1,700,923,000
1981 ($3,216,708,000)
1982 ($2,650,839,000)
1983 ($1,763,976,000)
1984 ($1,006,852,000)
1985 $2,570,457,000
1986 $3,649,525,000
1987 $19,128,310,000
1988 $4,593,354,000
1989 ($7,422,154,000)
1990 $41,700,200
1991 $4,701,110,000
1992 ($6,596,318,000)
1993 $5,428,169,000
1994 $1,500,422,000
1995 ($853,083,900)
1996 ($652,577,300)
1997 ($3,904,204,000)
1998 ($256,917,900)
1999 ($1,035,942,000)
2000 $5,298,827,000
2001 ($4,453,587,000)
2002 ($633,277,800)
2003 ($2,590,173,000)
2004 $406,797,600
2005 $1,732,046,000
2006 ($1,303,272,000)
2007 $2,571,704,000
2008 ($3,073,544,000)
2009 $9,561,489,000
2010 $10,009,560,000
2011 $10,871,670,000
2012 $11,626,840,000
2013 $6,955,698,000
2014 $10,140,990,000
2015 $31,315,860,000
2016 $8,649,137,000
2017 $7,527,129,000
2018 $24,335,190,000
2019 ($1,161,809,000)
2020 ($4,223,901,000)

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments