RIYADH — The Saudi Central Financial institution’s (SAMA) reserves have recorded a exceptional enhance of SR86.3 billion on the finish of 2025, reaching SR1.73 trillion, in comparison with SR1.64 trillion throughout the identical interval in 2024. This represents an annual development price of 5.3 %.
SAMA’s reserve belongings posted regular annual and quarterly development on the finish of 2025, with overseas securities and abroad deposits persevering with to account for the most important share of the central financial institution’s holdings.
In keeping with SAMA’s month-to-month statistical bulletin for December 2025, the Central Financial institution’s reserve belongings reached their highest stage of 2025 on the finish of November, once they stood at SR1.74 trillion, earlier than easing barely by year-end. This displays the energy of the monetary place and the continued accumulation of overseas belongings.
On a quarterly foundation, reserves elevated by 2.2 % by the top of the fourth quarter, an increase of SR 36.4 billion, in comparison with SR1.69 trillion within the third quarter of 2025.
Investments in overseas securities topped the record of reserve belongings, exceeding SR1.01 trillion and accounting for 58.6 % of the entire, confirming the numerous reliance on worldwide funding devices. International foreign money and deposits overseas shaped the second-largest class, reaching greater than SR619.1 billion, representing 35.9 % of the entire, thus bolstering exterior liquidity ranges.
The Particular Drawing Rights (SDRs) accounted for SR80.5 billion, representing 4.7 % of whole reserves. This was adopted by the reserve place with the Worldwide Financial Fund (IMF) at SR12.9 billion (0.7 %). Financial gold remained the smallest part of the reserve portfolio, with a price of SR1.6 billion, accounting for about 0.1percent of whole reserve belongings on the finish of 2025. These figures mirror the continued energy and diversification of Saudi Arabia’s reserves, with a transparent focus in extremely liquid and high-yield overseas belongings.
Financial gold remained the smallest part of the reserve portfolio, with a price of SR1.6 billion, accounting for about 0.1percent of whole reserve belongings on the finish of 2025.
