Albania: Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Albania's total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) rose 29.7% on 2024 (from US$6.23 billion to US$8.08 billion).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +12.6% and a typical year strayed about 11.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 38.9% in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 7% in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$493.15 million a year. A straight line explains 91% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about US$8.32 billion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was US$1.17 billion, against US$1.76 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2025, Albania had the 77th highest value of the 131 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Albania in the 2025 ranking

• Ghana — 73rd of 131: US$9.51 billion
• Mauritius — 74th of 131: US$8.56 billion
• Nicaragua — 75th of 131: US$8.32 billion
• Greece — 77th of 131: US$7.94 billion
• Iceland — 78th of 131: US$7.45 billion
• Belarus — 79th of 131: US$6.95 billion

What this measures

This series includes external assets (excluding monetary gold) that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

All 33 values

Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) in nearby economies

• Armenia — US$5.09 billion (2025)
• Austria — US$14.11 billion (2025)
• Azerbaijan — US$13.56 billion (2025)
• Belarus — US$6.95 billion (2025)
• Belgium — US$24.46 billion (2025)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — US$9.13 billion (2024)
• Bulgaria — US$41.12 billion (2025)
• Croatia — US$4.22 billion (2025)
• Cyprus — US$999.53 million (2025)
• Czechia — US$166.27 billion (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Albania

• Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 2.79% (2021)
• Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — US$25.28 million (2021)
• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$11.41 million (2021)
• Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$107.57 million (2021)
• Trade in services (% of GDP) — 46.51% (2025)
• Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) — 10.43% (2025)
• Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) — US$1.25 billion (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (current US$, BoP) — US$13.07 billion (2025)
• Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP)

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Questions people ask

What is Albania's total reserves, excluding gold (current US$)?

US$8.08 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1993?

It is up 5,379% from US$147.42 million in 1993 (13.33% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$8.08 billion in 2025 and the lowest US$147.42 million in 1993.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FI.RES.XGLD.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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