Saudi Central Bank Reserve Assets End 2025 at SAR 1.73 Trillion

Riyadh, March 26, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) –Saudi Arabia’s reserve assets posted steady annual and quarterly growth at the end of 2025, with foreign securities and overseas deposits continuing to account for the largest share of the central bank’s holdings.

Saudi Arabia’s central bank reserve assets rose to around SAR 1.73 trillion at the end of 2025, marking a 5.3% increase from a year earlier, according to December data from the Saudi Central Bank’s monthly statistical bulletin.

The annual rise, equivalent to about SAR 86.3 billion, compares with reserve assets of roughly SAR 1.64 trillion recorded at the end of 2024. The figures point to continued strength in the Kingdom’s reserve position through the close of the year.

The data also showed that reserve assets reached their highest level of 2025 at the end of November, when they stood at approximately SAR 1.74 trillion, before easing slightly by year-end.

Quarterly momentum remained positive in the final three months of the year. By the end of the fourth quarter of 2025, reserve assets had increased 2.2% from the end of the third quarter, rising by around SAR 36.4 billion from nearly SAR 1.69 trillion.

Foreign investments continued to dominate the composition of Saudi Arabia’s reserve assets. Investments in securities abroad totaled more than SAR 1.01 trillion at the end of 2025, accounting for about 58.6% of the total.

Foreign cash and deposits abroad formed the second-largest category, reaching more than SAR 619.1 billion, or 35.9% of total reserve assets.

Special Drawing Rights amounted to more than SAR 80.5 billion, representing around 4.7% of the total. The reserve position at the International Monetary Fund stood at about SAR 12.9 billion, equivalent to 0.7%.

Monetary gold remained the smallest component of the reserve portfolio, with a value of SAR 1.6 billion, accounting for about 0.1% of total reserve assets at the end of 2025.