{"id":14994,"date":"2026-01-09T11:45:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T06:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/bez-kategorii\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T06:45:48","slug":"uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Uzbekistan&#8217;s gold and foreign exchange reserves reached a record $66.3 billion at the beginning of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Why is this important<\/h3>\n<p>The dynamics of gold and foreign exchange reserves reflect the stability of the financial system and the reserve of strength of the country&#8217;s economy. The growth of reserves increases the state&#8217;s ability to smooth out external shocks and maintain macroeconomic stability. The record level of reserves also strengthens confidence in financial policy and the national currency.  <\/p>\n<h3>What happened<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Uzbekistan&#8217;s gold and foreign currency reserves <a href=\"https:\/\/cbu.uz\/ru\/statistics\/intlreserves\/3261658\/\">increased<\/a> by more than $5 billion, according to a report by the Central Bank of Uzbekistan.<\/li>\n<li>In December 2025, their volume was $61.2 billion, and as of the beginning of 2026, it reached $66.3 billion. This is the maximum indicator for the entire period of statistics. <\/li>\n<li>The main part of the reserves is still gold.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Numbers and facts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>As of the beginning of 2026, Uzbekistan&#8217;s gold and foreign exchange reserves amounted to $66.3 billion.<\/li>\n<li>In December 2025, the country&#8217;s gold and foreign exchange reserves were estimated at $61.2 billion.<\/li>\n<li>The physical volume of gold in reserves amounted to 12.6 million troy ounces.Thus, during the month, the volume of reserves increased by more than $5 billion.<\/li>\n<li>The achieved level is a record for the entire period of maintaining official statistics.<\/li>\n<li>The physical volume of gold in reserves amounted to 12.6 million troy ounces.<\/li>\n<li>The value of the gold part of the reserves is estimated at $55 billion.<\/li>\n<li>The foreign exchange component of gold and foreign exchange reserves amounted to $10.6 billion.<\/li>\n<li>In 2025, the total volume of Uzbekistan&#8217;s gold and foreign exchange reserves increased by more than $25 billion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Context<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Uzbekistan has increased its financial \u201csafety cushion\u201d to a historic high.<\/li>\n<li>A high share of gold makes the reserve structure less dependent on currency fluctuations.<\/li>\n<li>Significant annual growth indicates active reserve accumulation.<\/li>\n<li>The growth of reserves is recorded against the backdrop of high gold prices in global markets.<\/li>\n<li>The Central Bank regularly publishes data on the structure and dynamics of reserves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reserve volume increased from $61.2 billion in December to $66.3 billion at the beginning of 2026, marking a historic high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":14982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/6960a57ae82b8.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"2bf59057","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"Dv78f24rp1hU":14982,"YlB8HH34jIzY":"Uzbekistan&#8217;s gold and foreign exchange reserves reached a record $66.3 billion at the beginning of 2026"},"pin_until":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[2197,3759],"class_list":["post-14994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-gold","tag-precious-metals-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.0 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Uzbekistan&#039;s gold and foreign exchange reserves reached a record $66.3 billion at the beginning of 2026 &#8212; Frank.uz<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The reserve volume increased from $61.2 billion in December to $66.3 billion at the beginning of 2026, marking a historic high.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uzbekistan&#039;s gold and foreign exchange reserves reached a record $66.3 billion at the beginning of 2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The reserve volume increased from $61.2 billion in December to $66.3 billion at the beginning of 2026, marking a historic high.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Frank.uz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FrankUzbekistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-09T06:45:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\u0421\u043d\u0435\u0436\u0430\u043d\u0430\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@frank_uzb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@frank_uzb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u0421\u043d\u0435\u0436\u0430\u043d\u0430\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/\",\"name\":\"Uzbekistan's gold and foreign exchange reserves reached a record $66.3 billion at the beginning of 2026 &#8212; Frank.uz\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zoloto-e1767881503322.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-09T06:45:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/22b17879dce8c782bd3b1350f0628e1f\"},\"description\":\"The reserve volume increased from $61.2 billion in December to $66.3 billion at the beginning of 2026, marking a historic high.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zoloto-e1767881503322.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zoloto-e1767881503322.jpeg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":834},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Uzbekistan&#8217;s gold and foreign exchange reserves reached a record $66.3 billion at the beginning of 2026\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Frank.uz\",\"description\":\"\u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c\u0433\u0438. \u0411\u0438\u0437\u043d\u0435\u0441. \u0412\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c.\",\"alternateName\":\"\u0414\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0432\u044b\u0435 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0423\u0437\u0431\u0435\u043a\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0430\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/22b17879dce8c782bd3b1350f0628e1f\",\"name\":\"\u0421\u043d\u0435\u0436\u0430\u043d\u0430\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e16d8bd779e5fb2c2c35e3c34ace4ba6b837417fcf508bca9b73abade4a261ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e16d8bd779e5fb2c2c35e3c34ace4ba6b837417fcf508bca9b73abade4a261ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"\u0421\u043d\u0435\u0436\u0430\u043d\u0430\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Uzbekistan's gold and foreign exchange reserves reached a record $66.3 billion at the beginning of 2026 &#8212; Frank.uz","description":"The reserve volume increased from $61.2 billion in December to $66.3 billion at the beginning of 2026, marking a historic high.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Uzbekistan's gold and foreign exchange reserves reached a record $66.3 billion at the beginning of 2026","og_description":"The reserve volume increased from $61.2 billion in December to $66.3 billion at the beginning of 2026, marking a historic high.","og_url":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/","og_site_name":"Frank.uz","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FrankUzbekistan","article_published_time":"2026-01-09T06:45:48+00:00","author":"\u0421\u043d\u0435\u0436\u0430\u043d\u0430","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@frank_uzb","twitter_site":"@frank_uzb","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"\u0421\u043d\u0435\u0436\u0430\u043d\u0430","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/","url":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/","name":"Uzbekistan's gold and foreign exchange reserves reached a record $66.3 billion at the beginning of 2026 &#8212; Frank.uz","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zoloto-e1767881503322.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-01-09T06:45:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/22b17879dce8c782bd3b1350f0628e1f"},"description":"The reserve volume increased from $61.2 billion in December to $66.3 billion at the beginning of 2026, marking a historic high.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zoloto-e1767881503322.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zoloto-e1767881503322.jpeg","width":1200,"height":834},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-gold-and-foreign-exchange-reserves-reached-a-record-66-3-billion-at-the-beginning-of-2026\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Uzbekistan&#8217;s gold and foreign exchange reserves reached a record $66.3 billion at the beginning of 2026"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/","name":"Frank.uz","description":"\u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c\u0433\u0438. \u0411\u0438\u0437\u043d\u0435\u0441. \u0412\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c.","alternateName":"\u0414\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0432\u044b\u0435 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0423\u0437\u0431\u0435\u043a\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0430","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/22b17879dce8c782bd3b1350f0628e1f","name":"\u0421\u043d\u0435\u0436\u0430\u043d\u0430","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e16d8bd779e5fb2c2c35e3c34ace4ba6b837417fcf508bca9b73abade4a261ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e16d8bd779e5fb2c2c35e3c34ace4ba6b837417fcf508bca9b73abade4a261ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"\u0421\u043d\u0435\u0436\u0430\u043d\u0430"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}