Net foreign assets rose by 8% YoY in June, SAMA data shows
Saudi Arabia’s foreign reserve assets increased by about SAR 23.4 billion, or 1%, month-on-month (MoM) in June 2026, reaching SAR 1.85 trillion, according to the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA). 
Net foreign assets rose by 8% year-on-year (YoY), or SAR 138.3 billion.
Reserve assets include foreign currency reserves (investments in foreign securities, foreign cash and deposits abroad), reserve positions at the International Monetary Fund, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), and monetary gold.
Foreign currency reserves, which account for around 95% of total assets, increased 9% YoY to SAR 1.76 trillion in June.
Reserves at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) edged down by 0.4% to SAR 13. 2 billion during the same month.
SDRs also declined by 3% to SAR 78.6 billion.
Meanwhile, gold reserves held steady at SAR 1.62 billion, maintaining the same level since February 2008.
Net foreign assets rose by 8% YoY in June, SAMA data shows
Saudi Arabia’s foreign reserve assets increased by about SAR 23.4 billion, or 1%, month-on-month (MoM) in June 2026, reaching SAR 1.85 trillion, according to the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA).
Net foreign assets rose by 8% year-on-year (YoY), or SAR 138.3 billion.
Reserve assets include foreign currency reserves (investments in foreign securities, foreign cash and deposits abroad), reserve positions at the International Monetary Fund, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), and monetary gold.
Foreign currency reserves, which account for around 95% of total assets, increased 9% YoY to SAR 1.76 trillion in June.
Reserves at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) edged down by 0.4% to SAR 13. 2 billion during the same month.
SDRs also declined by 3% to SAR 78.6 billion.
Meanwhile, gold reserves held steady at SAR 1.62 billion, maintaining the same level since February 2008.
