Iraq’s foreign reserves rise to $81.5 billion in August
Iraq’s foreign reserves rise to $81.5 billion in August
2026-10-21
Shafaq News – Baghdad
Data from the Central Bank of Iraq on Wednesday showed that foreign reserves rose to $81.538 billion, equivalent to 105.999 trillion dinars, at the end of August 2026, compared to $80.633 billion, or 104.823 trillion dinars, at the end of July.
According to data seen by Shafaq News Agency, foreign reserves increased during August by about $905 million, equivalent to 1.176 trillion dinars.
However, reserves remained below their level at the end of 2025, when they reached $97.432 billion, equivalent to 126.661 trillion dinars, and thus recorded a decline during the first eight months of this year of about $15.894 billion, or equivalent to 20.662 trillion dinars.
Reserves stood at $101.082 billion at the end of January 2026, before declining to $100.341 billion in March, $97.809 billion in April, $93.673 billion in May, then to $86.175 billion in June, reaching $80.633 billion in July, before rising again in August.
Regarding the components of the reserves, the value of gold rose to 32.655 trillion dinars at the end of August, compared to 29.665 trillion dinars at the end of July, while investments declined to 72.926 trillion dinars, compared to 75.034 trillion dinars in the previous month.
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