Total reserves in months of imports - Money - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators

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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. This item shows reserves expressed in terms of the number of months of imports of goods and services which could be paid for. Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.
Total reserves in months of imports - Money - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Libya (2007)43.69
2Botswana (2007)22.43
3Africa (2007)17.95
4North Africa (2001)14.6
5Central African Republic (1994)9.63
6Nigeria (2007)9.53
7Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2007)8.58
8Morocco (2007)8.22
9Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2007)7.61
10Benin (2006)7.54
11Sub-Saharan Africa (2007)7.33
12Egypt (2007)6.95
13Rwanda (2007)6.83
14Guinea-Bissau (2004)6.35
15Cameroon (2007)5.89
16Sao Tome and Principe (2007)5.5
17Tanzania (2007)5.33
18Lesotho (2006)5.31
19Comoros (1995)5.09
20Uganda (2008)4.92
21Burundi (2007)4.73
22Gambia (2007)4.64
23Burkina Faso (2001)4.53
24Mali (2007)4.4
25Tunisia (2007)4.16
26Mozambique (2007)4.11
27Sierra Leone (2007)4.08
28Niger (2006)3.98
29Kenya (2007)3.97
30Algeria (1991)3.9
31Angola (2007)3.83
32Senegal (2007)3.55
33Swaziland (2007)3.39
34South Africa (2008)3.33
35Ivory Coast (2007)3.22
36Ghana (2006)3.21
37Republic of the Congo (2007)3.16
38Mauritius (2008)3.1
39Cape Verde (2007)3.07
40Togo (2006)2.8
41Madagascar (2005)2.69
42Djibouti (2007)2.68
43Namibia (2007)2.66
44Zimbabwe (1994)2.48
45Gabon (2005)2.39
46Malawi (2002)2.37
47Chad (1994)2.27
48Ethiopia (2007)2.23
49Zambia (2007)2.2
50Guinea (2004)1.36
51Sudan (2007)1.26
52Mauritania (1998)1.24
53Eritrea (2000)0.85
54Liberia (2007)0.75
55Somalia (1989)0.5
56Seychelles (2007)0.41
57Equatorial Guinea (1996)0.01
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