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 were 74.72 USD billion in October 2025, compared to 73.04 in the previous month. This marks an increase of 2.30 percent.
Sample. There are 742 observations overall in the monthly time series shown in the chart above. The time period covered by the series goes from January 1964 to October 2025.
History. Take a look at a few summary statistics we computed on the full sample: assets had an average value of 21.73 billion US dollars; they reached a minimum of 0.76 in October 1965; they recorded their maximum of 74.72 in October 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar billion |
|---|---|
| 2025-08-31 | 73.49 |
| 2025-09-30 | 73.04 |
| 2025-10-31 | 74.72 |
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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) |
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