Gold Reserves
Gold Reserves are the holdings of monetary gold by a country's monetary authority, valued according to international or national accounting standards. They represent a traditional component of international reserves and are watched as an indicator of a central bank's external buffers and reserve composition. This indicator is part of the Latin Macro Watch dataset published by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which compiles harmonized macroeconomic series for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Coverage
The series covers 7 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean at annual, monthly and quarterly frequency, spanning 1990–2026. Values are reported in millions of USD (including average-of-period and end-of-period variants) and as a percentage of GDP, with moving-average (MA3, MA6, MA12) and month-on-month (MoM %), quarter-on-quarter (QoQ %) and year-on-year (YoY %) transformations available.
Sources
Figures are drawn from central banks across the region. Sources include Banco Central de Chile, Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), Banco de Guatemala and Bank of Guyana.
Metadata & use
| Format | CSV |
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| Language | en |
| Country |
Argentina
Bahamas
Trinidad & Tobago
Belize
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
El Salvador
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Panama
Uruguay
Venezuela
Barbados
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
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| Data notes |
What are Gold Reserves?They are the holdings of monetary gold by a country's monetary authority, valued according to international or national accounting standards. They represent a traditional component of international reserves. How many countries and which frequencies and period does it cover?The series covers 7 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean at annual, monthly and quarterly frequency, spanning 1990–2026. What units and transformations are available?Values are reported in millions of USD (including average-of-period and end-of-period) and as a percentage of GDP. Moving averages (MA3, MA6, MA12) and month-on-month (MoM %), quarter-on-quarter (QoQ %) and year-on-year (YoY %) transformations are available. Where does the data come from?Data come from central banks across the region, including Banco Central de Chile, Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), Banco de Guatemala and Bank of Guyana. What are Gold Reserves typically used for?They are used to assess a central bank's external buffers and reserve composition, monitor external vulnerability, and support macroeconomic and monetary research and policy analysis. How do I cite this indicator?Cite it as: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Latin Macro Watch — "Gold Reserves". data.iadb.org/dataset/latin-macro-watch-dataset. |