Qatar’s foreign reserves rise 0.46% in September
Central bank data put international reserves and foreign currency liquidity at QAR262.279 billion.
Event / data period: 2026-09
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Qatar’s international reserves and foreign currency liquidity reached QAR262.279 billion at the end of September, up 0.46% from a year earlier, according to data the Qatar Central Bank released on 8 October. Official international reserves, a narrower component of the total, rose 10.85% to QAR223.447 billion, an increase of QAR21.888 billion.
Components moved in different directions: foreign bonds and treasury bills fell by about QAR44.599 billion to QAR88.280 billion, while gold holdings rose QAR4.378 billion to QAR56.408 billion and balances with foreign banks increased QAR62.153 billion to QAR73.554 billion. Qatar News Agency also reported a QAR45 million annual decline in Qatar’s IMF Special Drawing Rights deposits, to QAR5.203 billion. These are reserve stock measures, not evidence of a new currency intervention or a reserve-adequacy assessment.
Data
Year-on-year reserve changes
Year-on-year changes reported by QNA for Qatar Central Bank reserve data at end-September 2026.
| Toplam rezervler ve döviz likiditesi | International reserves and foreign currency liquidity | الاحتياطيات الدولية والسيولة بالعملات الأجنبية | Réserves internationales et liquidités en devises | Reservas internacionales y liquidez en moneda extranjera | Internationale Reserven und Fremdwährungsliquidität | Reservas internacionais e liquidez em moeda estrangeira | 0.46 |
| Resmi uluslararası rezervler | Official international reserves | الاحتياطيات الدولية الرسمية | Réserves internationales officielles | Reservas internacionales oficiales | Offizielle internationale Reserven | Reservas internacionais oficiais | 10.85 |
Methodology
Percentages are year-on-year changes from Qatar Central Bank data reproduced in QNA’s full report dated 8 October 2026. The table contains rates in a single unit; reserve amounts are stated in the article text.
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