COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Iran, Islamic Rep. Foreign Reserves
Iran, Islamic Rep. foreign reserves: latest available value for 1982, historical series from 1960, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
FI.RES.TOTL.CD| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 7,69 bn | 4,35 bn |
| 1981 | 3,33 bn | -9,45 bn |
| 1980 | 12,78 bn | -4,42 bn |
| 1979 | 17,21 bn | 4,37 bn |
| 1978 | 12,84 bn | 111,47 m |
| 1977 | 12,73 bn | 3,54 bn |
| 1976 | 9,18 bn | -82,91 m |
| 1975 | 9,27 bn | 347,51 m |
| 1974 | 8,92 bn | 7,42 bn |
| 1973 | 1,50 bn | 437,45 m |
| 1972 | 1,06 bn | 418,60 m |
| 1971 | 642,58 m | 425,70 m |
| 1970 | 216,88 m | -94,03 m |
| 1969 | 310,90 m | -11,23 m |
| 1968 | 322,14 m | -2,93 m |
| 1967 | 325,06 m | 56,14 m |
| 1966 | 268,93 m | 16,96 m |
| 1965 | 251,97 m | 60,46 m |
| 1964 | 191,51 m | -50,32 m |
| 1963 | 241,83 m | 31,06 m |
| 1962 | 210,77 m | 1,22 m |
| 1961 | 209,55 m | 24,33 m |
| 1960 | 185,22 m | — |
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 seriesIran, Islamic Rep. recorded 7,69 bn current US$ in 1982, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 1981, the foreign reserves increased by 4,35 bn.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.
Across 23 observations from 1960 to 1982, the average was 4,34 bn; the minimum was 185,22 m in 1960 and the maximum was 17,21 bn in 1979.
Iran, Islamic Rep. ranks 91 out of 182 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
It is also below the available average for the Upper middle income group.
External liquidity buffer.