Nepal international reserves
Total reserves
$21.1B
Data for December 2025
1-month change
+3.3%
12-month change
+33.2%
High since 2000
$21.1B
December 2025
Monthly history (IMF)
$21.1 billion
December 2025+2,211.1% 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 December 2025.
- Foreign exchange$19.8B · 93.9%
- Gold$1.1B · 5.3%
- SDRs$143M · 0.7%
- IMF reserve position$22M · 0.1%
Gold
- Tonnes
- 8.0 t
- Market value
- $1.1B
- Share of reserves
- 5.3%
Tonnes of gold in reserves
8.0 t
December 2025+68.2% vs January 2000
In context
Reserves per person
US$ 712
Reserves as % of GDP (2025)
46.4%
Months of imports covered
16.5
Usual benchmark: under 3 months is considered low.