BITCOIN RESERVE: EL SALVADOR
How much Bitcoin does El Salvador own?
A country that keeps Bitcoin in a national reserve. Its government publishes the running total on an official website, with the addresses the coins are held at, so the history below moves in steps as that total changes.
El Salvador Bitcoin held
Every day since the first reading, on May 13, 2024. The line steps because it counts the coins on the addresses the government publishes, and it moves only on the days those coins move. The dashed marks are its most recent changes.
Right now
7,817.374 Bitcoin. That is the most recent total El Salvador's government has published, as of Oct 26, 2026.
That was 3 days ago. Until the government publishes a new total, this is the most recent figure there is.
Where does that number come from?
Source: the government's own published figures. Reported by the government.
Every change from May 14, 2024 to Sep 6, 2026 is chain verified. Those figures are the coins on the addresses the government publishes, counted on the Bitcoin network at the close of each day.
Chain verified: We counted the coins ourselves on the Bitcoin network, at the addresses the holder publishes.
The government's own site is bitcoin.gob.sv.
How did El Salvador come to hold these coins?
Bought as a reserve. The state chose to buy these coins and keep them.
What are those coins worth?
What the coins are worth
priced on Oct 28, 2026, at $81,287 a coin
El Salvador's published figures do not say what the government paid for these coins, so there is no average price or gain on paper here.
What do those coins amount to?
Bitcoin held
Of every Bitcoin mined so far
Of the 21 million there will ever be
How has El Salvador's total changed?
Change in Bitcoin held
+4.0% since the end of last year
Change in the last 30 days
the same measure over a shorter window
Changes so far
most recently adding 1
Why does the line move in steps?
Because the line only moves when the coins on El Salvador's published addresses move. Each step is one day's total against the total before it, so a step covers everything that changed between the two.
A flat stretch is not missing data. It is the total staying the same.
From the documents
Every change in El Salvador's total
| When | What happened | Bitcoin | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Oct 25, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Oct 24, 2026total restated | New total reported | +6 | official figures reported |
| Oct 18, 2026total restated | New total reported | +2 | official figures reported |
| Oct 16, 2026total restated | New total reported | +2 | official figures reported |
| Oct 14, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Oct 13, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Oct 12, 2026total restated | New total reported | +2 | official figures reported |
| Oct 10, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Oct 9, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Oct 8, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Oct 7, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Oct 6, 2026total restated | New total reported | +2 | official figures reported |
| Oct 4, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Oct 3, 2026total restated | New total reported | +2 | official figures reported |
| Oct 1, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Sep 30, 2026total restated | New total reported | +2 | official figures reported |
| Sep 28, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Sep 27, 2026total restated | New total reported | +2 | official figures reported |
| Sep 25, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Sep 24, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Sep 23, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Sep 22, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Sep 21, 2026total restated | New total reported | +2 | official figures reported |
| Sep 19, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Sep 18, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Sep 17, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Sep 16, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Sep 15, 2026total restated | New total reported | +1 | official figures reported |
| Sep 14, 2026total restated | New total reported | +2 | official figures reported |
In context
Other government companies that hold Bitcoin
How El Salvador compares with the rest of its industry.
- United Kingdom61,000
- El Salvador7,817.374
Understanding
El Salvador Bitcoin Reserve
Where it stands today
El Salvador Bitcoin Reserve is 7,817 BTC as of .
What this page counts
El Salvador holds Bitcoin as a government, publishes the total itself, and publishes the addresses the coins sit at. The newest numbers on this page are that published total. The older ones are our own count of the coins on those same addresses, read on the Bitcoin network at the close of each day. Neither is an estimate.
Why the line runs flat between changes
The line only moves when the coins on those addresses move. Between changes it runs flat, which is not missing data: it is the total staying the same.
Why this page asks less than a company page
A government is not a company. It has no shares and no share price, so this page has no company value, no Bitcoin per share and no place in the company ranking, and El Salvador's coins are left out of the total we give for companies.
Why the dollar figure is dated
The dollar figure is the coins valued at one day's price, and that day is stated beside it. It runs a day behind the holding itself, because the price calendar and the reading calendar are not the same calendar. How these figures are put together.
The numbers
behind the chart
What does the current reading show?
Bitcoin held: the latest reading is 7,817 BTC, on . The highest reading since is 7,817 BTC on ; the lowest is 5,750 BTC on .
Each reading is the total the government had published on that day. A holding stays where it is until another reading moves it.
What are the latest, highest and lowest readings?
| Measure | Latest | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin held | 7,817 BTC | 7,817 BTC | 5,750 BTC |
How do the readings compare with earlier dates?
| Reference date | Bitcoin held |
|---|---|
| 1 month ago | 7,789 BTC |
| 3 months ago | 7,728 BTC |
| 6 months ago | 7,637 BTC |
| 1 year ago | 6,365 BTC |
| 2 years ago | 5,919 BTC |
What was the reading at each month’s end?
| Reading date | Bitcoin held |
|---|---|
| 7,791 BTC | |
| 7,760 BTC | |
| 7,730 BTC | |
| 7,699 BTC | |
| 7,669 BTC | |
| 7,638 BTC | |
| 7,607 BTC | |
| 7,576 BTC | |
| 7,549 BTC | |
| 7,518 BTC | |
| 7,487 BTC | |
| 6,367 BTC | |
| 6,336 BTC | |
| 6,285 BTC | |
| 6,255 BTC | |
| 6,224 BTC | |
| 6,194 BTC | |
| 6,162 BTC | |
| 6,133 BTC | |
| 6,092 BTC | |
| 6,052 BTC | |
| 6,004 BTC | |
| 5,951 BTC | |
| 5,921 BTC |
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Source: Taken from what the government published, and from our own count of the coins on the addresses it publishes. Values use Bitcoin at $81,287 on Oct 28, 2026. Reading for .