Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves (COFER) [COFER]

Description

The Currency Composition ofOfficial Foreign Exchange Reserves(COFER) database is managed by the Statistics Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The COFER website disseminates end-of-period quarterly data on COFER in the format of statistical aggregates. The currencies identified in COFER are: U.S. dollar, Pound sterling, Japanese yen, Swiss francs, Canadian dollar, Australian dollar, and Euro. All other currencies are indistinguishably included in the category of “other currencies.” Prior to the introduction of Euro in 1999,several European currencieswere separately identified in COFER. COFER data are reported to the IMF on a voluntary and confidential basis. COFER data for individual countries are strictly confidential. The data published on this website are aggregates for each currency for three groupings of countries (total,advanced economies, andemerging and developing economies).

Updated by provider on
March 31, 2020

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Notes
  • Temporal Coverage: Annual data for 1995-1998. Quarterly data from 1999 onward.
  • Timeliness: COFER data are updated at quarterly frequency with a quarter lag.
  • Geographic Coverage: COFER data for individual countries are strictly confidential. At present there are 144 reporters, consisting of member countries of the IMF, non-member countries/economies, and other foreign exchanges reserve holding entities.
  • Methodology: The definition of foreign exchange reserves and the classification of countries in COFER (as advanced economies or emerging and developing economies) follow those currently used in the IMF's International Financial Statistics (IFS).
  • Sectoral Coverage: International Reserves
  • Code: COFER
Dimensions codes and labels
[FREQ] Frequency
  • [A] Annual
  • [Q] Quarterly
[REF_AREA] Reference Area
  • [XR29] Advanced Economies (IMF)
  • [W00] All Countries, excluding the IO
  • [XR43] Emerging and Developing Countries
[INDICATOR] Indicator
  • [RAXGFXARAUD_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Australian dollars, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARCAD_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Canadian dollars, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARCNY_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Chinese Renminbi, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARDEM_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Deutsche mark, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARECU_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in ECUs, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXAREURO_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Euro, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARFRF_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in French francs, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARJPY_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Japanese yen, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARNLG_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Netherlands guilder, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXAROC_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Other currencies, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARGBP_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Pounds sterling, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARCHF_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Swiss francs, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARUSD_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in U.S. dollars, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXAR_USD] Allocated Reserves, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFX_USD] Foreign Exchange, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARAUDRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Australian dollars, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARCADRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Canadian dollars, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARCNYRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Chinese Renminbi, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARDEMRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Deutsche mark, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARECURT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of ECUs, Percent
  • [RAXGFXAREURORT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Euro, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARFRFRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of French francs, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARJPYRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Japanese yen, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARNLGRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Netherlands guilders, Percent
  • [RAXGFXAROCRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Other currencies, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARGBPRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Pounds sterling, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARCHFRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Swiss francs, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARUSDRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of U.S. dollars, Percent
  • [RAXGFXURRT_PT] Shares of Unallocated Reserves, Percent
  • [RAXGFXUR_USD] Unallocated Reserves, US Dollars
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