As of March 2024, the Swiss National Bank ranked as the largest central bank in Europe by international reserve assets, reporting a total of 854.4 billion U.S. dollars. This highlights the Swiss central bank's strong financial position and influence in the region. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation held the second-largest reserves, with 396.2 billion U.S. dollars. Among the central banks observed, Denmark's Nationalbank reported the lowest amount of international reserve assets, totaling 108.7 billion U.S. dollars.
Largest central banks in Europe as of March 2024, by international reserve assets
(in billion U.S. dollars)
The source adds the following information: Where figures were not recorded in dollars, conversion rates between the reporting currency and dollars of the month in which the latest observation was published were used.
Central bank reserves include foreign exchange, gold, IMF position, and special drawing right holdings.
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