International Reserves in South Korea

Banco de Corea (BOK) · Monthly · Importance 40

427.948 (Jul-26) ABS · $B · Mensual · CSV

Period	$B
Jul 2026	427.948
Jun 2026	427.359
May 2026	426.994
Apr 2026	427.875
Mar 2026	423.656
Feb 2026	427.625
Jan 2026	425.906
Dec 2025	428.055
Nov 2025	430.659
Oct 2025	428.819
Sep 2025	422.016
Aug 2025	416.286
Jul 2025	411.335
Jun 2025	410.203
May 2025	404.596
Apr 2025	404.672
Mar 2025	409.659
Feb 2025	409.21
Jan 2025	411.015
Dec 2024	415.604
Nov 2024	415.392
Oct 2024	415.69
Sep 2024	419.97
Aug 2024	415.916
Jul 2024	413.507
Jun 2024	412.211
May 2024	412.832
Apr 2024	413.26
Mar 2024	419.251
Feb 2024	415.738
Jan 2024	415.759
Dec 2023	420.148
Nov 2023	417.08
Oct 2023	412.874
Sep 2023	414.118
Aug 2023	418.301
Jul 2023	421.804
Jun 2023	421.454
May 2023	420.983
Apr 2023	426.684
Mar 2023	426.069
Feb 2023	425.286
Jan 2023	429.968
Dec 2022	423.164
Nov 2022	416.105
Oct 2022	414.006
Sep 2022	416.767
Aug 2022	436.432
Jul 2022	438.605
Jun 2022	438.278
May 2022	447.711
Apr 2022	449.298
Mar 2022	457.81
Feb 2022	461.766
Jan 2022	461.527
Dec 2021	463.118
Nov 2021	463.908
Oct 2021	469.208
Sep 2021	463.972
Aug 2021	463.934

Period	%
Jul 2026	0.14%
Jun 2026	0.09%
May 2026	-0.21%
Apr 2026	1.00%
Mar 2026	-0.93%
Feb 2026	0.40%
Jan 2026	-0.50%
Dec 2025	-0.60%
Nov 2025	0.43%
Oct 2025	1.61%
Sep 2025	1.38%
Aug 2025	1.20%
Jul 2025	0.28%
Jun 2025	1.39%
May 2025	-0.02%
Apr 2025	-1.22%
Mar 2025	0.11%
Feb 2025	-0.44%
Jan 2025	-1.10%
Dec 2024	0.05%
Nov 2024	-0.07%
Oct 2024	-1.02%
Sep 2024	0.97%
Aug 2024	0.58%
Jul 2024	0.31%
Jun 2024	-0.15%
May 2024	-0.10%
Apr 2024	-1.43%
Mar 2024	0.85%
Feb 2024	0.00%
Jan 2024	-1.04%
Dec 2023	0.74%
Nov 2023	1.02%
Oct 2023	-0.30%
Sep 2023	-1.00%
Aug 2023	-0.83%
Jul 2023	0.08%
Jun 2023	0.11%
May 2023	-1.34%
Apr 2023	0.14%
Mar 2023	0.18%
Feb 2023	-1.09%
Jan 2023	1.61%
Dec 2022	1.70%
Nov 2022	0.51%
Oct 2022	-0.66%
Sep 2022	-4.51%
Aug 2022	-0.50%
Jul 2022	0.07%
Jun 2022	-2.11%
May 2022	-0.35%
Apr 2022	-1.86%
Mar 2022	-0.86%
Feb 2022	0.05%
Jan 2022	-0.34%
Dec 2021	-0.17%
Nov 2021	-1.13%
Oct 2021	1.13%
Sep 2021	0.01%

Period	%
Jul 2026	4.039%
Jun 2026	4.182%
May 2026	5.536%
Apr 2026	5.734%
Mar 2026	3.417%
Feb 2026	4.5%
Jan 2026	3.623%
Dec 2025	2.996%
Nov 2025	3.675%
Oct 2025	3.159%
Sep 2025	0.487%
Aug 2025	0.089%
Jul 2025	-0.525%
Jun 2025	-0.487%
May 2025	-1.995%
Apr 2025	-2.078%
Mar 2025	-2.288%
Feb 2025	-1.57%
Jan 2025	-1.141%
Dec 2024	-1.082%
Nov 2024	-0.405%
Oct 2024	0.682%
Sep 2024	1.413%
Aug 2024	-0.57%
Jul 2024	-1.967%
Jun 2024	-2.193%
May 2024	-1.936%
Apr 2024	-3.146%
Mar 2024	-1.6%
Feb 2024	-2.245%
Jan 2024	-3.305%
Dec 2023	-0.713%
Nov 2023	0.234%
Oct 2023	-0.273%
Sep 2023	-0.636%
Aug 2023	-4.154%
Jul 2023	-3.831%
Jun 2023	-3.839%
May 2023	-5.97%
Apr 2023	-5.033%
Mar 2023	-6.933%
Feb 2023	-7.9%
Jan 2023	-6.838%
Dec 2022	-8.627%
Nov 2022	-10.304%
Oct 2022	-11.765%
Sep 2022	-10.174%
Aug 2022	-5.928%

About this indicator

Source	Bank of Korea (BOK) - ECOS
Frequency	Monthly
Release	Primeros dias del mes siguiente al periodo (fin de mes).
What it is	South Korea's international reserves: foreign currency, gold, special drawing rights (SDRs) and the reserve position at the IMF held by the Bank of Korea. They measure the country's capacity to back the won and meet its external obligations.
How it's calculated	The end-of-month sum of the market value of foreign currency, gold, SDRs and the IMF reserve position, expressed in US dollars.
Market implications	Ample reserves give the Bank of Korea room to stabilise the won and intervene in the currency market, and signal external strength to markets. A marked fall may be read as intervention to curb won depreciation.
Limitations	The level is affected by the valuation of gold and exchange rates and by intervention, so the monthly change does not always reflect genuine flows.