The euro's share of world reserves has reached its highest level since 2014

At the end of the second quarter of 2026, the share of the euro in the reserves of world central banks increased by 0.56 percentage points and amounted to 20.6 percent. These data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were quoted by RIA Novosti.

The result achieved was the highest since the third quarter of 2014, when it was 20.7 percent. At the same time, the share of the dollar in world foreign exchange reserves dropped from 57.18 to 56.7 percent. As for the Chinese currency, the corresponding figure increased from 1.98 to 2.11 percent.

In addition, the pound sterling (from 4.41 to 4.57 percent) and the Swiss franc (from 024 to 0.27 percent) strengthened their positions. But the share of the yen fell from 5.43 to 4.96 percent.

At the end of the last month of summer, the share of the dollar in settlements through the SWIFT interbank system increased by 1.1 percentage points, to 52.09 percent. This became a record value for the entire period of statistics.