What is included in France official reserve assets?

France's official reserve assets consist of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), the reserve position in the IMF, foreign currency reserves, and other reserve assets.

Who manages and publishes France's gold and foreign reserves?

The reserves are managed and published monthly by the Banque de France, the central bank of France, in accordance with IMF standards.

How far back does the France reserve assets dataset go?

The monthly series for official reserve assets and gold holdings of the Banque de France are available starting from 2012.

How is gold measured in the French reserve assets table?

Monetary gold holdings are reported both in terms of total value in EUR million and in physical volume measured in million troy ounces.

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France official reserve assets and gold

Name: France official reserve assets and gold
Creator: Banque de France – Webstat (webstat.banque-france.fr)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

France official reserve assets and gold reserves are published monthly by the Banque de France.

Source: Banque de France – Webstat (webstat.banque-france.fr)Last updated: Sep 14, 2026, 20:14Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	08-2026	07-2026	06-2026	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023	08-2023
Official reserve assets5	375,941	351,781	352,266	379,021	384,016	387,349	419,283	407,209	360,830	356,919	347,529	328,007	302,968	300,833	292,972	302,457	300,467	302,501	293,238	289,646	272,433	272,342	272,693	257,252	250,259	247,872	243,970	241,856	242,398	234,062	220,639	221,485	218,362	218,099	219,790	209,499	211,279
Monetary gold	301,161	276,793	277,027	304,837	310,092	312,909	345,872	334,051	287,480	282,847	273,253	254,587	229,157	226,248	219,377	227,274	225,588	226,082	215,197	211,431	196,745	197,390	199,351	184,883	178,139	174,936	170,794	169,214	168,990	160,340	146,974	147,295	146,345	146,241	147,284	138,271	140,219
Special drawing rights (SDR)	32,905	33,148	33,155	32,621	32,591	32,726	32,181	32,083	32,261	32,569	32,652	32,354	32,124	32,503	32,033	32,848	32,815	33,809	34,521	34,582	34,461	34,322	33,821	33,354	33,341	33,807	34,172	33,801	34,275	33,820	35,664	35,857	35,489	35,670	36,223	36,086	35,676
Reserve position in the IMF	6,329	6,275	6,305	6,228	6,093	6,130	6,052	6,116	6,149	6,291	6,321	6,245	6,292	6,359	6,396	6,498	6,436	6,143	6,309	6,447	6,171	6,302	6,227	6,311	6,311	6,413	6,327	6,408	6,622	6,583	6,649	6,811	6,735	6,805	7,044	7,051	6,978
Foreign currency reserves4	29,152	29,102	29,298	28,875	28,764	29,016	28,720	28,500	28,448	28,808	28,857	28,421	28,979	29,217	28,741	29,503	29,276	30,041	30,649	30,598	28,491	27,974	27,004	26,484	26,244	26,396	26,841	26,641	26,719	27,545	27,915	28,057	26,820	26,570	26,363	25,197	25,786
Currency and deposits		291	170	374	349	366	255	476	295	111	72	50	199	248	105	172	375	275	183	355	188	284	256	201	168	248	174	243	394	944	302	176	156	229	296	294	418
Debt securities2		28,811	29,127	28,501	28,415	28,651	28,464	28,024	28,153	28,697	28,786	28,372	28,780	28,969	28,637	29,331	28,901	29,766	30,467	30,243	28,302	27,689	26,749	26,283	26,076	26,149	26,667	26,398	26,325	26,601	27,613	27,881	26,664	26,341	26,068	24,902	25,369
Debt securities up to 1 year		3,833	4,042	3,972	3,787	3,991	4,212	4,177	4,396	4,799	4,861	4,620	5,299	5,432	5,161	5,210	5,184	4,785	4,698	4,193	3,984	3,505	3,208	3,169	3,081	3,271	4,258	5,250	5,169	6,265	6,988	7,351	8,166	7,846	7,359	6,188	6,398
Debt securities over 1 year		24,978	25,085	24,529	24,628	24,660	24,252	23,848	23,758	23,898	23,924	23,751	23,481	23,537	23,476	24,121	23,717	24,982	25,769	26,051	24,318	24,185	23,541	23,114	22,995	22,878	22,409	21,148	21,156	20,336	20,625	20,530	18,498	18,495	18,709	18,714	18,971
Foreign currency reserves in SDR basket currencies		344,199	344,437	371,068	376,027	379,475	411,346	399,726	353,457	349,589	340,095	320,614	295,426	293,214	285,406	294,674	292,796	294,704	285,082	281,473	264,732	264,395	264,905	249,343	242,327	240,037	235,795	233,630	234,118	225,724	212,355	213,158	210,009	209,621	211,342	200,897	202,568
Foreign currency reserves in other currencies		7,582	7,828	7,953	7,989	7,874	7,937	7,483	7,374	7,330	7,434	7,393	7,542	7,619	7,566	7,783	7,671	7,797	8,157	8,173	7,700	7,947	7,788	7,909	7,932	7,835	8,175	8,227	8,280	8,338	8,284	8,327	8,353	8,477	8,449	8,602	8,711
Other reserve assets	6,394	6,463	6,482	6,461	6,474	6,568	6,458	6,459	6,492	6,404	6,446	6,399	6,417	6,506	6,424	6,334	6,351	6,426	6,562	6,588	6,565	6,354	6,289	6,221	6,225	6,320	5,836	5,793	5,792	5,774	3,436	3,464	2,973	2,812	2,876	2,895	2,620
Gold bullion held, volume		78.26	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.27	78.27	78.27	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.25	78.26	78.26	78.26	78.23	78.23	78.23	78.22

Latest reading

The latest reading is 375,941 EUR million, for Aug 2026. That is +6.9% from Jul 2026 and +24.1% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 2012 to Aug 2026. Source: Banque de France – Webstat (webstat.banque-france.fr).

Latest: 375,941 EUR million; Aug 2026
vs previous period: +6.9%; Jul 2026
vs a year earlier: +24.1%

About this data

France official reserve assets and gold reserves are published monthly by the Banque de France. This dataset tracks the total value of official reserve assets held by the French central bank since 2012. It provides detailed breakdowns of monetary gold in both value and volume, special drawing rights (SDR), and the reserve position in the IMF. Foreign currency reserves are further detailed by instrument, including currency, deposits, and debt securities of various maturities.

Frequently asked questions

What is included in France official reserve assets?: France's official reserve assets consist of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), the reserve position in the IMF, foreign currency reserves, and other reserve assets.
Who manages and publishes France's gold and foreign reserves?: The reserves are managed and published monthly by the Banque de France, the central bank of France, in accordance with IMF standards.
How far back does the France reserve assets dataset go?: The monthly series for official reserve assets and gold holdings of the Banque de France are available starting from 2012.
How is gold measured in the French reserve assets table?: Monetary gold holdings are reported both in terms of total value in EUR million and in physical volume measured in million troy ounces.