Kuwait - Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$)
The latest value for Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$) in Kuwait was $8,266,943,000 as of 2020. Over the past 45 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $8,266,943,000 in 2020 and ($2,828,582,000) in 2015.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1975 | $314,998,200 |
| 1976 | $247,442,000 |
| 1977 | $942,626,000 |
| 1978 | ($442,501,000) |
| 1979 | $365,826,300 |
| 1980 | $1,045,305,000 |
| 1981 | $316,630,800 |
| 1982 | $1,974,723,000 |
| 1983 | $1,002,137,000 |
| 1984 | $117,016,500 |
| 1985 | $544,851,900 |
| 1986 | ($83,306,090) |
| 1987 | ($1,846,982,000) |
| 1988 | ($1,928,068,000) |
| 1989 | $1,275,342,000 |
| 1990 | ($897,392,800) |
| 1991 | $1,275,795,000 |
| 1992 | $1,851,467,000 |
| 1993 | ($1,477,668,000) |
| 1994 | $50,345,850 |
| 1995 | ($139,217,100) |
| 1996 | ($23,566,170) |
| 1997 | $7,047,359 |
| 1998 | $259,029,000 |
| 1999 | $918,085,500 |
| 2000 | $2,268,148,000 |
| 2001 | $2,908,103,000 |
| 2002 | ($969,849,000) |
| 2003 | ($1,824,081,000) |
| 2004 | $626,061,400 |
| 2005 | $619,332,900 |
| 2006 | $3,583,615,000 |
| 2007 | $3,218,550,000 |
| 2008 | $647,363,900 |
| 2009 | $3,758,609,000 |
| 2010 | $610,784,800 |
| 2011 | $4,471,280,000 |
| 2012 | $3,357,812,000 |
| 2013 | $3,355,575,000 |
| 2014 | $1,252,629,000 |
| 2015 | ($2,828,582,000) |
| 2016 | $3,049,342,000 |
| 2017 | $2,003,061,000 |
| 2018 | $3,688,074,000 |
| 2019 | $2,756,578,000 |
| 2020 | $8,266,943,000 |
Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial ass
Classification
Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators
Sub-Topic: Balance of payments
