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Total reserves comprise holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights, reserves of IMF members held by the IMF, and holdings of foreign exchange under the control of monetary authorities. The gold component of these reserves is valued at year-end (December 31) London prices. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

Rank	Country	Value
Total reserves includes gold (% of GDP) - Money - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)
1	Libya (2008)	96.41
2	Algeria (2008)	85.17
3	Botswana (2008)	70.31
4	North Africa (2008)	55.14
5	Lesotho (2006)	43.39
6	Republic of the Congo (2008)	36.28
7	Africa (2008)	29.79
8	Guinea-Bissau (2008)	28.97
9	Swaziland (2008)	28.72
10	Sao Tome and Principe (2007)	27.14
11	Morocco (2008)	26.32
12	Nigeria (2008)	25.27
13	Equatorial Guinea (2008)	23.92
14	Burundi (2008)	22.92
15	Tunisia (2008)	22.5
16	Gambia (2007)	22.19
17	Angola (2008)	22.02
18	Comoros (2008)	21.25
19	Egypt (2008)	21.09
20	Mauritius (2008)	20.76
21	Togo (2008)	20.54
22	Mozambique (2007)	19.03
23	Benin (2008)	18.87
24	Ghana (2006)	17.84
25	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2008)	16.75
26	Liberia (2007)	16.24
27	Chad (2008)	16.21
28	Djibouti (2007)	16.16
29	Uganda (2008)	15.83
30	Sub-Saharan Africa (2008)	15.55
31	Namibia (2008)	15.1
32	Cape Verde (2008)	14.95
33	Tanzania (2008)	14.12
34	Gabon (2008)	13.4
35	Rwanda (2008)	13.38
36	Cameroon (2008)	13.3
37	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2008)	13.27
38	Niger (2008)	13.11
39	Sierra Leone (2007)	13.02
40	South Africa (2008)	12.31
41	Mali (2008)	12.25
42	Senegal (2008)	12.12
43	Burkina Faso (2008)	11.65
44	Madagascar (2008)	10.95
45	Ivory Coast (2008)	9.62
46	Kenya (2008)	8.34
47	Mauritania (2007)	7.85
48	Seychelles (2008)	7.66
49	Zambia (2008)	7.65
50	Central African Republic (2008)	6.67
51	Malawi (2007)	6.34
52	Ethiopia (2008)	3.29
53	Guinea (2005)	2.98
54	Eritrea (2007)	2.49
55	Sudan (2008)	2.39
56	Somalia (1989)	2.12
57	Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)	1.82
58	Zimbabwe (2002)	0.6

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