The total assets of central banks worldwide increased steadily between 2002 and 2021 and dropped notably in 2022. In 2022, the assets of central banks globally amounted to 44.1 trillion U.S. dollars, up from a value of 41.9 trillion U.S. dollars as of 2020. In 2022, however, global central bank assets dropped to 39 trillion U.S. dollars.
Total assets of central banks worldwide from 2002 to 2022
(in trillion U.S. dollars)
21+EA-group: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Euro Area, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK, the US.
Figures after 2020 do not include data for Russia.
Note: Banks refer to the broader category of deposit-taking corporations. Financial assets when available, otherwise total assets. Based on time series data included in jurisdictions’ 2017 submissions. Some aggregated series have breaks and increases of aggregated time series may also reflect improvements in the availability of data over time on a jurisdiction level.
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Financial Stability Board. (December 18, 2023). Total assets of central banks worldwide from 2002 to 2022 (in trillion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 20, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/421201/assets-of-central-banks/
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Financial Stability Board. (2023). Total assets of central banks worldwide from 2002 to 2022 (in trillion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/421201/assets-of-central-banks/
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