Saudi foreign reserve assets drop to SAR 1.66T in July

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Saudi Arabia's foreign reserve assets fell by about SAR 51.04 billion, or 3%, month-on-month (MoM) to SAR 1.66 trillion in July 2025, according to the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA).

Reserve assets include investments in foreign securities, foreign cash and deposits, reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), special drawing rights (SDRs), and monetary gold.

Foreign currency reserves, representing about 94% of total assets, declined by nearly 2% year-on-year (YoY) to SAR 1.57 trillion in July.

Moreover, IMF reserves dropped 1.5% YoY to SAR 13.01 billion last month.

Meanwhile, SDRs rose by 2% YoY to SAR 80.03 billion in July.

Gold reserves remained unchanged at SAR 1.62 billion, maintaining the same level since June 2008.