On an annual basis, SAMA’s net foreign assets increased by 10%, equivalent to 162.5 billion riyals.
The value of foreign currency reserves, which represent about 95% of total assets, increased by about 10% during February 2026, compared to the same period in 2025, to reach 1,691.5 billion riyals.
Gold balance
The value of reserves held at the International Monetary Fund increased by 8% to reach 13 billion riyals. Special Drawing Rights decreased by 3% during the period to reach 80.1 billion riyals.
Saudi Arabia’s gold reserves remained stable at 1.62 billion riyals, the same level it has maintained since February 2008.
Saudi Arabia’s reserve assets include four items: foreign currency reserves (investments in securities abroad, foreign currency and deposits abroad), the reserve with the International Monetary Fund, special drawing rights and monetary gold.
