Central bank assets worldwide 2002-2022

Though assets on the balance sheet of the Federal Reserve System decreased in 2022, it remained the largest central bank in the world, with the total value of assets exceeding 8.57 trillion U.S. dollars. The assets of Japan's central bank also dropped, allowing People's Bank of China to come in second place, with assets worth more than six trillion U.S. dollars. In 2022, all five largest central banks experienced a decrease in assets.

Asset growth of the five largest central banks worldwide from 2002 to 2022 (in trillion U.S. dollars)

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Release date

August 2023

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Region

China, France, Germany, Japan, United States

Survey time period

2002 to 2022

Supplementary notes

This statistic is based on the largest central banks by total assets in 2022. Figures for 2022 were calculated by Statista using figures published by each central bank. Figures were converted from original currencies to U.S. dollars based on exchange rates on December 31, 2022. Figures prior to 2022 were collected from the Global Monitoring Report on Non-Bank Financial Intermediation. As figures were not available for Russia in the report, it is excluded from the statistic.

Figures were rounded.

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