6. Share of Currencies in Total Identified Official Holdings of ForeignExchange
| (Unit : %) |
| End of the Year | 1976 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | |
| All Countries | Yen | 2.0 | 4.4 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| U.S. dollar | 76.5 | 68.6 | 55.3 | 50.6 | 51.1 | 55.1 | 56.4 | 56.4 | 56.8 | 60.1 | 62.1 | 65.7 | 66.2 | |
| Deutsche mark | 9.0 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 16.8 | 15.1 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 14.0 | 13.5 | 12.8 | 12.6 | 12.1 | - | |
| Pond sterling | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | |
| French franc | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | - | |
| ECU | - | - | 11.6 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 9.7 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 0.8 | - | |
| EURO | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12.5 | |
| Others | 9.1 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 10.8 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 11.0 | 12.2 | |
| Industrial Countries | Yen | 1.8 | 3.3 | 7.6 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 5.8 |
| U.S. dollar | 87.0 | 77.2 | 50.1 | 45.5 | 43.6 | 48.8 | 50.2 | 50.8 | 51.8 | 56.1 | 57.9 | 66.7 | 68.3 | |
| Deutsche mark | 6.2 | 14.3 | 16.7 | 19.8 | 18.3 | 15.1 | 16.4 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 15.6 | 15.9 | 13.4 | - | |
| Pond sterling | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | |
| French franc | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.3 | - | |
| ECU | - | - | 20.1 | 14.5 | 16.6 | 16.7 | 15.2 | 14.6 | 13.4 | 12.0 | 10.9 | 1.9 | - | |
| EURO | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11.0 | |
| Others | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 12.6 | |
| Developing Countries | Yen | 2.2 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| U.S. dollar | 68.8 | 59.9 | 62.5 | 61.1 | 62.8 | 63.9 | 63.8 | 62.7 | 61.9 | 64.0 | 65.8 | 65.0 | 64.6 | |
| Deutsche mark | 11.4 | 15.4 | 9.8 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 11.0 | - | |
| Pond sterling | 2.6 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | |
| French franc | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.2 | - | |
| ECU | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| EURO | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13.6 | |
| Others | 12.4 | 11.5 | 14.8 | 13.7 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 13.3 | 11.9 | 14.4 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 13.4 | 12.1 | |
| (Note) ECU is not classified as a currency in 1796 and 1980. |
| (Source) International Monetary Fund, "Annual Report 2000" |