Dominica's total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) was US$164.69 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 30.47% from US$126.23 million in 2015 (2.7% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$164.69 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$165.82 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$126.23 million | 2015 |
| Highest | US$221.91 million | 2016 |
| Lowest | US$345,258 | 1975 |
| Average since 2016 | US$184.59 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$345,258 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Dominica's total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) rose 5.6% on 2024 (from US$155.97 million to US$164.69 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +9.7% and a typical year strayed about 20.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 410.9% in 1979 and the biggest yearly fall was 65.8% in 1983. 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 downward, about US$4.7 million a year. A straight line explains 36% 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.
How it compares
In 2025, Dominica had the 132nd 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 Dominica in the 2025 ranking
- Liberia — 128th of 131: US$338.8 million
- St. Kitts and Nevis — 129th of 131: US$282.05 million
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 130th of 131: US$281.22 million
What this measures
This series includes external assets (excluding monetary gold) that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
All 51 values
| Year | Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 164,687,978 |
| 2024 | 155,971,242 |
| 2023 | 183,530,007 |
| 2022 | 204,343,040 |
| 2021 | 190,843,317 |
| 2020 | 165,824,163 |
| 2019 | 155,172,395 |
| 2018 | 191,323,608 |
| 2017 | 212,292,575 |
| 2016 | 221,907,764 |
| 2015 |
Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — US$378.52 million (2025)
- Argentina — US$32.33 billion (2025)
- Aruba — US$1.79 billion (2025)
- Bahamas, The — US$2.81 billion (2025)
- Barbados — US$1.65 billion (2024)
- Belize — US$559.43 million (2025)
- Bolivia — US$579.91 million (2025)
- Brazil — US$334.3 billion (2025)
- Chile — US$49.42 billion (2025)
- Colombia — US$65.15 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Dominica
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 5% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — US$183,256 (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$52.64 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$52.64 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$52.64 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) — US$52.64 million (2023)
- Net ODA received per capita (current US$) — US$791.41 (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Dominica's total reserves, excluding gold (current US$)?
- US$164.69 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is up 47,600% from US$345,258 in 1975 (13.13% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$221.91 million in 2016 and the lowest US$345,258 in 1975.
- How does Dominica rank?
- 132nd highest of 131 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) unusual for Dominica?
- In 2025, Dominica's total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) rose 5.6% on 2024 (from US$155.97 million to US$164.69 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +9.7% and a typical year strayed about 20.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
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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