IMF holdings of currency, Percent of quota in World
World: IMF holdings of currency, Percent of quota was 95.1 in 2025. ▲ Rising
IMF holdings of currency, Percent of quota in World, 1945–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for imf holdings of currency, percent of quota in World is 95.1, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, imf holdings of currency, percent of quota in World peaked at 114.22 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1945.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 81 years of available data.
IMF holdings of currency, Percent of quota in World, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 0 | — |
| 1946 | 0.0933 | — |
| 1947 | 69.58 | +74468.0% |
| 1948 | 68.47 | -1.6% |
| 1949 | 70.37 | +2.8% |
| 1950 | 68.85 | -2.2% |
| 1951 | 70.43 | +2.3% |
| 1952 | 65.05 | -7.6% |
| 1953 | 71.29 | +9.6% |
| 1954 | 70.82 | -0.7% |
| 1955 | 69.87 | -1.3% |
| 1956 | 68.2 | -2.4% |
| 1957 | 75.02 | +10.0% |
| 1958 | 73.32 | -2.3% |
| 1959 | 74.94 | +2.2% |
| 1960 | 74.27 | -0.9% |
| 1961 | 76.75 | +3.3% |
| 1962 | 76.31 | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 75.29 | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 79.55 | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 85.25 | +7.2% |
| 1966 | 85.7 | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 84.57 | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 89.29 | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 88.2 | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 86.12 | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 81.92 | -4.9% |
| 1972 | 80.77 | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 81.85 | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 88.23 | +7.8% |
| 1975 | 98.37 | +11.5% |
| 1976 | 105.29 | +7.0% |
| 1977 | 110.77 | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 104.64 | -5.5% |
| 1979 | 100.25 | -4.2% |
| 1980 | 93.04 | -7.2% |
| 1981 | 97.2 | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 102.66 | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 102.93 | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 106.76 | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 109.19 | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 109.45 | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 106.85 | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 103.48 | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 100.18 | -3.2% |
| 1990 | 100.2 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 101.56 | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 95.18 | -6.3% |
| 1993 | 96.88 | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 97.73 | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 100.13 | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 98.67 | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 99.6 | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 102.81 | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 98.2 | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 97.92 | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 98.41 | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 98.84 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 99.34 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 99.81 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 99.94 | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 96.46 | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 96.46 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 96.51 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 100.51 | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 107.18 | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 109.72 | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 112.55 | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 114.22 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 113.02 | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 109.51 | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 100.06 | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 98.43 | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 97.61 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 97.13 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 96.94 | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 95 | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 94.83 | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 95.12 | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 95.85 | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 95.1 | -0.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where IMF holdings of currency, Percent of quota in World changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | +74468.0% | 0.0933 | 69.58 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 41.7 | 0 | 70.37 | 5 |
| 1950s | 70.78 | 65.05 | 75.02 | 10 |
| 1960s | 81.52 | 74.27 | 89.29 | 10 |
| 1970s | 93.82 | 80.77 | 110.77 | 10 |
| 1980s | 103.17 | 93.04 | 109.45 | 10 |
| 1990s | 99.1 | 95.18 | 102.81 | 10 |
| 2000s | 98.42 | 96.46 | 100.51 | 10 |
| 2010s | 105.94 | 97.13 | 114.22 | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.47 | 94.83 | 96.94 | 6 |
Countries ranked near World
More economy & growth data for World
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.23 Percent per annum (2028)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.11 Percent per annum (2028)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 1.49 trillion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0126 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 180.85 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 1.35 trillion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -14.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0114 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 163.93 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 4.45 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is imf holdings of currency, percent of quota in World?
- Imf holdings of currency, percent of quota in World was 95.1 in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest imf holdings of currency, percent of quota recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 114.22 in 2013.
- What is the lowest imf holdings of currency, percent of quota recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1945.
- How does World rank for imf holdings of currency, percent of quota?
- World ranks 9th out of 11 groups with data for 2025.
- Is imf holdings of currency, percent of quota rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of IMF holdings of currency, Percent of quota. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Fund Accounts dataset provides information on IMF member countries' transactions with, and accounts with the Fund.