Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Brazil
Brazil: Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) was -4.57 billion in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Brazil, 2000–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Brazil stood at -4.57 billion.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and down 91.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Brazil peaked at -1.55 billion in 2000 and was at its lowest, -4.89 billion, in 2023.
That places Brazil 52nd out of 53 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -1.91 billion | -4.24 billion | -1.55 billion | 10 |
| 2010s | -2.25 billion | -3.18 billion | -1.56 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | -4.01 billion | -4.89 billion | -2.56 billion | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More external debt data for Brazil
- IFC, private nonguaranteed 678.60 million NFL, US$ (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita 3.2 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP 0.0003 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre 132.43 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 2.0% (2024)
- Net financial flows, IBRD -447.42 million NFL, current US$ (2024)
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 9.7% (2024)
- Use of IMF credit 17.57 billion DOD, current US$ (2024)
- External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) 194.37 billion DOD, current US$ (2024)
- IBRD loans and IDA credits 15.13 billion DOD, current US$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Brazil?
- Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Brazil was -4.57 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was -1.55 billion in 2000.
- What is the lowest contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was -4.89 billion in 2023.
- How does Brazil rank for contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal)?
- Brazil ranks 52nd out of 53 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 91.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value), Total collateral guarantees on debt, Falling due within 1 year, Contingent liabilities (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Centr. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency obligations and related activities of monetary authorities and central governments that can lead to drains on official reserves and other foreign currency assets. This website re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country are also available. Please note that the re-dissemination of the template data by the Fund does not constitute endorsement of the quality of the data by the Fund.