Uruguay international reserves
Daily data from BCU
Reserve assets, in millions of dollars. Official figure published by BCU with a one or two business-day lag.
$18.9 billion
October 23, 2026-5.5% vs October 23, 2025
Latest days
| Date | USD millions | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23 | 18,861 | −22 |
| Oct 22 | 18,883 | −71 |
| Oct 21 | 18,954 | −30 |
| Oct 20 | 18,984 | −4 |
| Oct 19 | 18,988 | −91 |
| Oct 16 | 19,079 | +136 |
| Oct 15 | 18,943 | −102 |
| Oct 14 | 19,045 | +207 |
| Oct 13 | 18,838 | +4 |
| Oct 9 | 18,834 | +92 |
BCU's figure and the IMF's monthly one may not match: the IMF uses a common definition for all countries.
Where Uruguay is
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Total reserves
$18.2B
Data for September 2026
1-month change
-1.8%
12-month change
-1.6%
High since 2000
$19.9B
January 2026
Monthly history (IMF)
$18.2 billion
September 2026+591.2% vs January 2000
Gross reserves in US dollars with gold at market value. Source: IMF, International Liquidity.
Composition
What the central bank holds its reserves in, as of September 2026.
- Foreign exchange$17.1B · 93.6%
- Gold$139M · 0.8%
- SDRs$874M · 4.8%
- IMF reserve position$154M · 0.8%
Gold
- Tonnes
- 1.0 t
- Market value
- $139M
- Share of reserves
- 0.8%
Tonnes of gold in reserves
1.0 t
September 2026-98.2% vs January 2000
In context
Reserves per person
US$ 5,383
Months of imports covered
11.3
Usual benchmark: under 3 months is considered low.
