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

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).

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

Updated by provider on December 22, 2023 (12:00 AM)

Frequency [FREQ]
Reference Area [REF_AREA]
Indicator [INDICATOR]

Dataset has 154 series. Add search filters to narrow them.

Dimension codes and labels
[FREQ] Frequency
  • [A] Annual
  • [Q] Quarterly
[REF_AREA] Reference Area
  • [W00] All Countries, excluding the IO
  • [XR29] Advanced Economies (IMF)
  • [XR43] Emerging and Developing Countries
[INDICATOR] Indicator
  • [RAXGFXARAUDRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Australian dollars, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARAUD_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Australian dollars, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARCADRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Canadian dollars, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARCAD_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Canadian dollars, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARCHFRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Swiss francs, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARCHF_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Swiss francs, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARCNYRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Chinese Renminbi, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARCNY_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Chinese Renminbi, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARDEMRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Deutsche mark, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARDEM_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Deutsche mark, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARECURT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of ECUs, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARECU_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in ECUs, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXAREURORT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Euro, Percent
  • [RAXGFXAREURO_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Euro, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARFRFRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of French francs, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARFRF_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in French francs, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARGBPRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Pounds sterling, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARGBP_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Pounds sterling, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARJPYRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Japanese yen, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARJPY_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Japanese yen, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARNLGRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Netherlands guilders, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARNLG_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Netherlands guilder, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXAROCRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of Other currencies, Percent
  • [RAXGFXAROC_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in Other currencies, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXARRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARUSDRT_PT] Shares of Allocated Reserves, Shares of U.S. dollars, Percent
  • [RAXGFXARUSD_USD] Allocated Reserves, Claims in U.S. dollars, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXAR_USD] Allocated Reserves, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFXURRT_PT] Shares of Unallocated Reserves, Percent
  • [RAXGFXUR_USD] Unallocated Reserves, US Dollars
  • [RAXGFX_USD] Foreign Exchange, US Dollars
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