Total reserves in months of imports - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: 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 they could pay for [Reserves/(Imports/12)].

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Libya 39.25 2019
2 Algeria 15.43 2020
3 Comoros 10.18 2020
4 The Gambia 10.02 2021
5 Central African Republic 9.63 1994
6 Morocco 8.89 2020
7 Cabo Verde 8.21 2020
8 Angola 8.03 2020
9 Mauritius 7.96 2020
10 Botswana 7.66 2020
11 South Africa 7.13 2020
12 Sierra Leone 5.82 2020
13 Rwanda 5.71 2020
14 Madagascar 5.59 2020
15 Egypt 5.56 2020
16 Tunisia 5.55 2020
17 Nigeria 5.54 2020
18 Mozambique 5.53 2020
19 São Tomé and Principe 5.52 2020
20 Tanzania 5.41 2018
21 Namibia 5.40 2020
22 Kenya 5.07 2020
23 Liberia 4.79 2019
24 Seychelles 4.75 2020
25 Mauritania 4.64 2020
26 Cameroon 4.43 2018
27 Gabon 4.25 2015
28 Uganda 4.14 2018
29 Lesotho 3.92 2019
30 Ghana 3.30 2020
31 Eswatini 2.96 2020
32 Guinea 2.77 2020
33 Djibouti 2.30 2020
34 Chad 2.27 1994
35 Zambia 2.26 2020
36 Malawi 2.12 2020
37 Ethiopia 2.05 2020
38 Congo 1.11 2016
39 Burundi 0.89 2018
40 Eritrea 0.85 2000
41 Dem. Rep. Congo 0.56 2020
42 Sudan 0.19 2017
43 Zimbabwe 0.07 2020
44 Equatorial Guinea 0.01 1996

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual