Saudi foreign reserve assets rise to SAR 1.71T in August

Saudi Arabia's foreign reserve assets rise 3% month-on-month in August

Saudi Arabia's foreign reserve assets rose by about SAR 47.2 billion, or 3%, month-on-month (MoM) to SAR 1.71 trillion in August 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 94.4% of total assets, declined by nearly 3.1% year-on-year (YoY) to SAR 1.61 trillion in August.

Moreover, IMF reserves went up by 1% YoY to SAR 13.15 billion last month.

Meanwhile, SDRs rose by 2.1% YoY to SAR 81 billion in August.

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

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