Net foreign assets rose by 6% YoY, SAMA data shows
Saudi Arabia’s foreign reserve assets declined by about SAR 24.8 billion, or 1%, month-on-month (MoM) in May 2026, reaching SAR 1.83 trillion, according to the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA). 
Net foreign assets rose by 6% year-on-year (YoY), or SAR 110.1 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 7% YoY to SAR 1.73 trillion in May.
Reserves at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) climbed by 2% to SAR 12.92 billion during the same month.
SDRs, however, edged down 1% to SAR 79.6 billion.
Meanwhile, gold reserves held steady at SAR 1.62 billion, maintaining the same level since February 2008.
Net foreign assets rose by 6% YoY, SAMA data shows
Saudi Arabia’s foreign reserve assets declined by about SAR 24.8 billion, or 1%, month-on-month (MoM) in May 2026, reaching SAR 1.83 trillion, according to the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA).
Net foreign assets rose by 6% year-on-year (YoY), or SAR 110.1 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 7% YoY to SAR 1.73 trillion in May.
Reserves at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) climbed by 2% to SAR 12.92 billion during the same month.
SDRs, however, edged down 1% to SAR 79.6 billion.
Meanwhile, gold reserves held steady at SAR 1.62 billion, maintaining the same level since February 2008.
