Total central bank assets (USD billion) - South Africa - BIS - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Central bank total assets (Bank for International Settlements)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In South Africa, the total assets held by the central bank stood at 72.12 USD billion in July 2025, compared to 71.53 in the previous month. This constitutes a gain of 0.82 percent.
Sample. There are 739 data points overall in the monthly time series shown in the graph above. The time span covered by the series goes from January 1964 to July 2025.
History. Here are a few descriptive statistics we computed on the full sample: assets were equal on average to 21.52 billion US dollars; they hit a maximum of 72.12 in July 2025; they reached a minimum of 0.76 in October 1965.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar billion |
|---|---|
| 2025-05-31 | 71.14 |
| 2025-06-30 | 71.53 |
| 2025-07-31 | 72.12 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total central bank assets in USD, adjusted to be comparable across time and countries |
| Country | South Africa |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Assets (balance-sheet item) |
| Deflation method | Nominal |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | US dollar billion |
| Source | Bank for International Settlements |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Unrestricted use subject to certain conditions |
| Measure type | Level (adjusted for breaks) |