COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Hong Kong SAR, China Foreign Reserves
Hong Kong SAR, China foreign reserves: latest available value for 2023, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
FI.RES.TOTL.CD| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 425,55 bn | 1,52 bn |
| 2022 | 424,03 bn | -72,84 bn |
| 2021 | 496,87 bn | 5,09 bn |
| 2020 | 491,78 bn | 50,43 bn |
| 2019 | 441,35 bn | 16,73 bn |
| 2018 | 424,62 bn | -6,82 bn |
| 2017 | 431,44 bn | 45,15 bn |
| 2016 | 386,29 bn | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Reserve assets are external assets, including monetary gold, that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Source organization: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 03:50:20. Open original metadata response.
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesHong Kong SAR, China recorded 425,55 bn current US$ in 2023, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2022, the foreign reserves increased by 1,52 bn.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 8 observations from 2016 to 2023, the average was 440,24 bn; the minimum was 386,29 bn in 2016 and the maximum was 496,87 bn in 2021.
Hong Kong SAR, China ranks 13 out of 181 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is above the available average for East Asia & Pacific.
It is also above the available average for the High income group.
External liquidity buffer.