Venezuela international reserves
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Total reserves
$8.4B
Data for June 2018
1-month change
-11.0%
12-month change
-16.3%
High since 2000
$43.1B
December 2008
Monthly history (IMF)
$8.4 billion
June 2018-44.4% 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 June 2018.
- Foreign exchange$1.5B · 17.6%
- Gold$6.5B · 77.0%
- SDRs$96M · 1.1%
- IMF reserve position$358M · 4.3%
Gold
- Tonnes
- 161 t
- Market value
- $6.5B
- Share of reserves
- 77.0%
Tonnes of gold in reserves
161.2 t
June 2018-47.5% vs January 2000
In context
Reserves per person
US$ 295
Reserves as % of GDP (2025)
8.4%
Months of imports covered
10.0
Usual benchmark: under 3 months is considered low.