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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Economy > Balance of payments > Financial > Reserves

DEFINITION: Changes in net reserves is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. These include changes in holdings of monetary gold, SDRs, foreign exchange assets, reserve position in the International Monetary Fund, and other claims on nonresidents that are available to the central authority. The measure is net of liabilities constituting foreign authorities' reserves, and counterpart items for valuation changes and exceptional financing items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.".

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Nigeria 10.51 billion 2009
2 Angola 5 billion 2009
3 Ethiopia 1.33 billion 2009
4 Botswana 624.31 million 2009
5 Sudan 291.86 million 2009
6 Zimbabwe 85.77 million 1994
7 Burkina Faso 65.69 million 2008
8 Eritrea 61.15 million 2000
9 Lesotho 27.54 million 2009
10 Somalia 20.39 million 1989
11 Cape Verde 4.19 million 2009
12 Comoros 3.37 million 1995
13 Senegal 2.59 million 2008
14 Swaziland 328,778.47 2009
15 Madagascar -4,596,546.33 2005
16 Equatorial Guinea -4,705,133.94 1996
17 Sao Tome and Principe -11,026,638.21 2009
18 Mali -14,144,403.78 2008
19 Guinea-Bissau -15,026,726.4 2008
20 Chad -17,966,073.59 1994
21 Central African Republic -45,701,475.36 1994
22 Mauritania -53,200,935.34 1998
23 The Gambia -54,058,637.59 2009
24 Djibouti -66,037,155.73 2009
25 Burundi -81,581,064.57 2009
26 Malawi -89,960,637.99 2002
27 Sierra Leone -91,657,736.74 2009
28 Benin -107,788,874.53 2008
29 Seychelles -116,002,574.76 2009
30 Namibia -118,929,339.06 2009
31 Togo -129,240,985.05 2008
32 Niger -140,323,306.9 2008
33 Rwanda -152,026,174.91 2009
34 Mozambique -196,939,379.56 2009
35 Guinea -236,359,573.8 2009
36 Liberia -310,357,230.08 2009
37 Gabon -323,968,951.76 2005
38 Cameroon -324,247,121.46 2009
39 Uganda -353,404,154.5 2009
40 Tanzania -374,048,542.87 2009
41 Mauritius -384,653,017.07 2009
42 Cote d'Ivoire -760,236,552.35 2009
43 Ghana -1,029,371,218.54 2009
44 Kenya -1,126,162,043.47 2009
45 Zambia -1,163,658,538.72 2009
46 South Africa -4,171,072,727.12 2009

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