Kuwait international reserves
Total reserves
$44.2B
Data for August 2026
1-month change
-1.0%
12-month change
-13.8%
High since 2000
$56.5B
February 2023
Monthly history (IMF)
$44.2 billion
August 2026+702.0% vs January 2000
Gross reserves in US dollars with gold at market value. Source: IMF, International Liquidity.
Composition
What the central bank holds its reserves in, as of August 2026.
- Foreign exchange$27.4B · 62.1%
- Gold$11.6B · 26.2%
- SDRs$4.5B · 10.1%
- IMF reserve position$688M · 1.6%
Gold
- Tonnes
- 79 t
- Market value
- $11.6B
- Share of reserves
- 26.2%
Tonnes of gold in reserves
79.0 t
August 2026+0.0% vs January 2000
In context
Reserves per person
US$ 9,079
Reserves as % of GDP (2025)
28.1%
Months of imports covered
8.6
Usual benchmark: under 3 months is considered low.