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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.
Total reserves includes gold (current US$) - Money - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Africa (2008)466,593,789,742
2North Africa (2008)310,522,590,437
3Sub-Saharan Africa (2008)156,071,199,305
4Algeria (2008)148,098,646,115
5Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2008)122,000,827,603
6Libya (2008)96,334,975,396
7Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2008)68,401,544,046
8Nigeria (2008)53,599,283,557
9Egypt (2008)34,330,505,078
10South Africa (2008)34,070,371,702
11Morocco (2008)22,719,558,239
12Angola (2008)18,359,410,426
13Botswana (2008)9,118,641,548
14Tunisia (2008)9,038,905,609
15Equatorial Guinea (2008)4,431,191,816
16Republic of the Congo (2008)3,881,458,051
17Cameroon (2008)3,112,436,990
18Tanzania (2008)2,893,445,720
19Kenya (2008)2,878,951,362
20Uganda (2008)2,300,569,113
21Ghana (2006)2,268,926,565
22Ivory Coast (2008)2,252,078,967
23Gabon (2008)1,934,656,664
24Mauritius (2008)1,796,126,168
25Senegal (2008)1,601,345,136
26Mozambique (2007)1,524,073,650
27Sudan (2008)1,399,041,060
28Chad (2008)1,355,146,209
29Namibia (2008)1,292,948,220
30Benin (2008)1,260,499,193
31Zambia (2008)1,095,608,612
32Mali (2008)1,071,104,962
33Madagascar (2008)982,306,553
34Burkina Faso (2008)926,282,184
35Ethiopia (2008)870,502,513
36Swaziland (2008)751,935,739
37Niger (2008)702,100,486
38Lesotho (2006)658,398,850
39Rwanda (2008)596,280,758
40Togo (2008)580,015,832
41Burundi (2008)266,537,170
42Cape Verde (2008)258,493,420
43Malawi (2007)227,314,284
44Sierra Leone (2007)216,555,217
45Mauritania (2007)207,413,838
46Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)180,677,441
47Gambia (2007)142,784,448
48Djibouti (2007)132,137,440
49Zimbabwe (2002)131,685,657
50Central African Republic (2008)131,466,501
51Guinea-Bissau (2008)124,464,890
52Liberia (2007)119,359,165
53Comoros (2008)112,663,907
54Guinea (2005)97,142,706
55Seychelles (2008)63,833,878
56Sao Tome and Principe (2007)39,331,621
57Eritrea (2007)34,284,788
58Somalia (1989)23,109,679
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