Total reserves including gold, at the end of each financial year, in billions of US dollars.
| Period | Value | Status | Base |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 700.1 | ||
| 2024-25 | 643.0 | ||
| 2023-24 | 627.8 | ||
| 2022-23 | 567.3 | ||
| 2021-22 | 638.5 | ||
| 2020-21 | 590.2 | ||
| 2019-20 | 463.5 | ||
| 2018-19 | 399.2 | ||
| 2017-18 | 412.6 | ||
| 2016-17 | 361.7 | ||
| 2015-16 | 353.3 | ||
| 2014-15 | 325.1 | ||
| 2013-14 | 298.1 | ||
| 2012-13 | 300.4 | ||
| 2011-12 | 298.7 | ||
| 2010-11 | 300.5 | ||
| 2009-10 | 284.7 | ||
| 2008-09 | 257.4 | ||
| 2007-08 | 276.6 | ||
| 2006-07 | 178.0 | ||
| 2005-06 | 137.8 | ||
| 2004-05 | 131.6 | ||
| 2003-04 | 103.7 | ||
| 2002-03 | 71.6 | ||
| 2001-02 | 49.1 | ||
| 2000-01 | 41.1 | ||
| 1999-00 | 36.0 | ||
| 1998-99 | 30.6 | ||
| 1997-98 | 28.4 | ||
| 1996-97 | 24.9 | ||
| 1995-96 | 22.9 | ||
| 1994-95 | 24.2 | ||
| 1993-94 | 14.7 | ||
| 1992-93 | 9.5 | ||
| 1991-92 | 7.6 | ||
| 1990-91 | 5.6 | ||
| 1989-90 | 8.0 | ||
| 1988-89 | 9.2 | ||
| 1987-88 | 11.5 | ||
| 1986-87 | 10.5 | ||
| 1985-86 | 9.5 | ||
| 1984-85 | 8.5 | ||
| 1983-84 | 8.2 | ||
| 1982-83 | 8.2 | ||
| 1981-82 | 8.1 | ||
| 1980-81 | 12.0 | ||
| 1979-80 | 11.8 | ||
| 1978-79 | 8.3 | ||
| 1977-78 | 6.1 | ||
| 1976-77 | 3.7 | ||
| 1975-76 | 2.1 | ||
| 1974-75 | 2.3 | ||
| 1973-74 | 1.6 | ||
| 1972-73 | 1.4 | ||
| 1971-72 | 1.2 | ||
| 1970-71 | 1.0 | ||
| 1969-70 | 0.9 | ||
| 1968-69 | 0.7 | ||
| 1967-68 | 0.7 | ||
| 1966-67 | 0.6 | ||
| 1965-66 | 0.6 | ||
| 1964-65 | 0.5 | ||
| 1963-64 | 0.6 | ||
| 1962-63 | 0.5 | ||
| 1961-62 | 0.7 | ||
| 1960-61 | 0.7 |
Reserves let the RBI smooth the rupee and pay for imports in a crisis. India's stood at only $5.6 billion in 1990-91, on the eve of the 1991 balance-of-payments crisis, and are now about $700 billion.
A year-end snapshot: the RBI's weekly figure moves with the rupee and with valuation changes in gold and currencies. Gold is counted at market prices.