Total reserves in months of imports of goods and services - Money - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators
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The number of months for which a country's reserves can sustain its imports. Gross international reserves comprise holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights, the reserve position of members in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and holdings of foreign exchange under the control of monetary authorities. The gold component is valued at end-of-year London prices. Imports of goods, services and income is the sum of goods (merchandise) imports, imports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) payments. Data are in current US dollars. Source: International Monetary Fund, World Bank country economists.
Total reserves in months of imports of goods and services - Money - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
1 | Africa (2008) | 334,849,389,437 |
2 | Sub-Saharan Africa (2008) | 334,849,389,437 |
3 | North Africa (2007) | 297,149,372,898 |
4 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2008) | 27,838,378,391 |
5 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2008) | 27,838,378,391 |
6 | Botswana (2007) | 24.61 |
7 | Guinea-Bissau (2004) | 17.75 |
8 | Nigeria (2007) | 9.42 |
9 | Morocco (2007) | 8.99 |
10 | Rwanda (2007) | 6.82 |
11 | Lesotho (2007) | 6.66 |
12 | Egypt (2007) | 6.54 |
13 | Uganda (2008) | 5.72 |
14 | Cameroon (2007) | 5.48 |
15 | Gambia (2007) | 4.6 |
16 | Mali (2007) | 4.5 |
17 | Mauritius (2008) | 4.43 |
18 | Sao Tome and Principe (2007) | 4.43 |
19 | Benin (2006) | 4.1 |
20 | Tunisia (2007) | 4.08 |
21 | Mozambique (2008) | 3.7 |
22 | Kenya (2007) | 3.58 |
23 | Sierra Leone (2006) | 3.48 |
24 | Republic of the Congo (2007) | 3.42 |
25 | Senegal (2007) | 3.28 |
26 | Djibouti (2006) | 3.21 |
27 | Cape Verde (2005) | 3.1 |
28 | South Africa (2008) | 3.09 |
29 | Swaziland (2007) | 3.08 |
30 | Ghana (2007) | 2.8 |
31 | Madagascar (2005) | 2.79 |
32 | Guinea (2007) | 2.31 |
33 | Ethiopia (2007) | 2.29 |
34 | Namibia (2007) | 1.64 |
35 | Zambia (2007) | 1.51 |
36 | Mauritania (1998) | 1.23 |
37 | Eritrea (2000) | 0.86 |
38 | Seychelles (2007) | 0.79 |
39 | Sudan (2005) | 0.72 |
40 | Equatorial Guinea (1992) | 0.17 |
41 | Liberia (2007) | 0 |
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