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How much foreign exchange reserves does India have?

India's foreign exchange reserves were US$721.0 billion (US$721,016 million) on 16 October 2026 (RBI), US$5,011 million lower than a week earlier. Foreign currency assets were US$591,847 million and gold was US$105,800 million. Reserves have fallen every week since US$785,706 million on 4 September 2026.

Source · RBI, figure for October 2026 · checked

28 Aug: 7,40,803 US$ million7,40,803 4 Sep: 7,85,706 US$ million4 Sep 11 Sep: 7,80,782 US$ million 18 Sep: 7,65,901 US$ million18 Sep 25 Sep: 7,47,557 US$ million 2 Oct: 7,34,606 US$ million2 Oct 9 Oct: 7,26,027 US$ million 16 Oct: 7,21,016 US$ million7,21,01616 Oct
Total foreign exchange reserves, weekly (US$ million)

History

PeriodValue (US$ million)
16 Oct7,21,016
9 Oct7,26,027
2 Oct7,34,606
25 Sep7,47,557
18 Sep7,65,901
11 Sep7,80,782
4 Sep7,85,706
28 Aug7,40,803
US$721.0 billion
total foreign exchange reserves · 16 October 2026
Range
US$721,016 million to US$785,706 million in the last eight weekly readings
Confidence
High: an official count
Last checked

Total reserves are foreign currency assets, gold, SDRs and the reserve position in the IMF, as the RBI reports them in its Weekly Statistical Supplement. The lowest reading in the eight weeks was US$721,016 million on 16 October 2026 and the highest was US$785,706 million on 4 September 2026.

The figures side by side

MeasureFigureSource
Total reserves, 16 October 2026US$721,016 millionRBI, week to Oct 16, 2026
Total reserves in rupees, 16 October 2026₹68,46,160 croreRBI, week to Oct 16, 2026
Foreign currency assetsUS$591,847 millionRBI, week to Oct 16, 2026
GoldUS$105,800 millionRBI, week to Oct 16, 2026
Change in the week-US$5,011 millionRBI, week to Oct 16, 2026
Total reserves, 4 September 2026US$785,706 millionRBI, week to Sep 04, 2026

How we got this number

  1. Open the RBI's Weekly Statistical Supplement dated 23 October 2026 and read the 'Total Reserves' row of the Foreign Exchange Reserves table: 721016 US$ million as on 16 October 2026.
  2. Read the parts of that row from the same table: foreign currency assets 591847 and gold 105800, in US$ million.
  3. Read each earlier week from its own Weekly Statistical Supplement and put the weekly totals in time order, then divide the latest total by one thousand to show it in US$ billion.

What this number does not tell you

  • The RBI publishes this every Friday for the Friday of the week before, so the figure here is about a week old when it appears and a newer one may already be out.
  • The RBI revises weekly numbers slightly. The table says any difference between totals and parts is due to rounding.
  • Reserves are not a measure of the RBI's spending on any one day; this page reports the stock the RBI shows for the Friday, not what caused the weekly change.

Sources

  1. RBI, Weekly Statistical Supplement, Foreign Exchange Reserves, as on October 16, 2026, as on Oct 16, 2026 (supplement dated Oct 23, 2026) — columns: Rs crore and US$ million as on the date, change over the week, change over end-March 2026, change over the year1 Total Reserves 6846160 721016 -176258 -5011 292298 29909 668188 18736. 1.1 Foreign Currency Assets # 5619655 591847 -160658 -5758 382288 39565 601720 21437. 1.2 Gold 1004583 105800 -11937 706 -89726 -9595 49697 -2746
  2. RBI, Weekly Statistical Supplement, Foreign Exchange Reserves, as on October 9, 2026, as on Oct 09, 2026 (supplement dated Oct 16, 2026)1 Total Reserves 7022417 726027 -50694 -8578 468556 34920 833633 28244
  3. RBI, Weekly Statistical Supplement, Foreign Exchange Reserves, as on October 2, 2026, as on Oct 02, 2026 (supplement dated Oct 09, 2026)1 Total Reserves 7073111 734606 -91176 -12952 519250 43498 858747 34645
  4. RBI, Weekly Statistical Supplement, Foreign Exchange Reserves, as on September 25, 2026, as on Sep 25, 2026 (supplement dated Oct 02, 2026)1 Total Reserves 7164287 747557 -178698 -18343 610425 56450 952405 47322
  5. RBI, Weekly Statistical Supplement, Foreign Exchange Reserves, as on September 18, 2026, as on Sep 18, 2026 (supplement dated Sep 25, 2026)1 Total Reserves 7342985 765901 -117276 -14881 789123 74793 1153302 63331
  6. RBI, Weekly Statistical Supplement, Foreign Exchange Reserves, as on September 11, 2026, as on Sep 11, 2026 (supplement dated Sep 18, 2026)1 Total Reserves 7460261 780782 35788 -4924 906399 89674 1254251 77816
  7. RBI, Weekly Statistical Supplement, Foreign Exchange Reserves, as on September 4, 2026, as on Sep 04, 2026 (supplement dated Sep 11, 2026)1 Total Reserves 7424473 785706 357815 44903 870612 94599 1261784 87438
  8. RBI, Weekly Statistical Supplement, Foreign Exchange Reserves, as on August 28, 2026, as on Aug 28, 2026 (supplement dated Sep 04, 2026)1 Total Reserves 7066658 740803 85328 11475 512797 49696 941303 46574

Worked out by us: 721.0 (721016 US$ million (RBI, 16 October 2026) divided by one thousand to give US$ billion, rounded to one decimal).

Questions people ask

How much are India's forex reserves in dollars?

US$721,016 million (about US$721.0 billion) on 16 October 2026, according to the RBI's Weekly Statistical Supplement.

How much of the reserves is gold?

Gold was US$105,800 million and foreign currency assets were US$591,847 million on 16 October 2026 (RBI).

How much did the reserves fall in the latest week?

They fell US$5,011 million in the week to 16 October 2026, after falling US$8,578 million the week before (RBI).

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