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Latin America and Caribbean Compared by Economy > Balance of payments > Reserves and other items > Total > Reserves in months of imports

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)].".

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Bolivia 16.96 2009
2 Brazil 13.18 2009
3 Peru 11.53 2009
4 Uruguay 10.71 2009
5 Trinidad and Tobago 9.94 2008
6 Argentina 9.37 2009
7 Venezuela 7.77 2009
8 Colombia 6.11 2009
9 Paraguay 5.71 2009
10 Suriname 5.39 2009
11 Chile 4.67 2009
12 Guatemala 4.53 2009
13 Barbados 4.45 2009
14 Mexico 4.33 2009
15 El Salvador 4.26 2009
16 Nicaragua 4 2009
17 Grenada 3.89 2009
18 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.87 2009
19 Costa Rica 3.57 2009
20 Jamaica 3.43 2009
21 Haiti 3.35 2009
22 Dominica 3.13 2009
23 The Bahamas 3.04 2009
24 Aruba 2.88 2009
25 Saint Lucia 2.84 2009
26 Belize 2.83 2009
27 Guyana 2.75 2008
28 Ecuador 2.48 2009
29 Honduras 2.44 2008
30 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.43 2009
31 Dominican Republic 2.13 2009
32 Panama 2.01 2009
33 Antigua and Barbuda 1.72 2009

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