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DEFINITION: Total reserves in months of imports. 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
1	Libya	40.53	2012
2	Seychelles	40.35	2012
3	Saudi Arabia	35.48	2012
4	Algeria	34.2	2012
5	China	19.01	2012
6	Lebanon	18.56	2012
	OPEC countries average (profile)	17.18	2012
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	15.14	2011
7	Bolivia	14.58	2012
8	Japan	14.21	2012
9	Switzerland	14.16	2012
10	Iraq	13.09	2012
11	Brazil	12.78	2012
12	Peru	12.49	2012
13	Philippines	11.87	2012
14	Syria	11.66	2010
15	Russia	11.53	2012
16	Botswana	10.12	2012
17	Uruguay	9.98	2012
18	Nepal	9.62	2012
19	Kuwait	9.14	2012
20	Bhutan	8.78	2012
21	Burma	8.51	2011
22	Saint Kitts and Nevis	8.44	2012
23	Israel	8.44	2012
	Muslim countries average (profile)	8.36	2009
24	Solomon Islands	7.86	2012
	Religious countries average (profile)	7.59	2012
25	Romania	7.43	2012
26	Thailand	7.33	2012
27	Serbia	7.27	2012
28	Afghanistan	7.22	2012
29	Angola	7.09	2012
30	Trinidad and Tobago	6.89	2011
31	Macau	6.8	2012
32	Malaysia	6.58	2012
	Emerging markets average (profile)	6.52	2012
33	Croatia	6.49	2012
34	Bulgaria	6.42	2012
35	East Timor	6.34	2012
36	South Korea	6.17	2012
37	Denmark	6.17	2012
38	The Gambia	6.06	2012
39	Benin	6.02	2010
40	Guinea-Bissau	5.97	2010
41	Tonga	5.96	2009
42	Azerbaijan	5.93	2012
43	India	5.9	2012
	South Asia average (profile)	5.78	2012
44	Cambodia	5.74	2012
45	Nigeria	5.67	2012
46	Singapore	5.64	2012
47	Indonesia	5.6	2012
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	5.5	2012
48	Mongolia	5.5	2012
49	Hong Kong	5.5	2012
50	Turkey	5.48	2012
51	Qatar	5.43	2012
52	Papua New Guinea	5.41	2010
53	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.39	2012
54	Iceland	5.34	2012
55	Argentina	5.3	2012
56	Costa Rica	5.11	2012
57	Colombia	5.1	2012
58	Moldova	5.1	2012
	Former French colonies average (profile)	5.06	2005
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	5.05	2012
59	Poland	5.02	2012
60	Albania	5.01	2012
61	Republic of Macedonia	5	2012
62	Laos	4.91	2011
	Potential Future EU Members average (profile)	4.9	2012
63	Burkina Faso	4.83	2010
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	4.8	2012
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	4.77	2012
64	Suriname	4.67	2012
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	4.65	2012
65	Uganda	4.61	2012
66	Cameroon	4.61	2012
67	Mexico	4.6	2012
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	4.57	2012
68	Latvia	4.56	2012
69	Chile	4.55	2012
70	South Africa	4.51	2012
71	Paraguay	4.48	2012
72	Vanuatu	4.48	2011
73	Senegal	4.42	2010
74	Jordan	4.41	2012
75	Samoa	4.4	2012
76	Togo	4.4	2010
77	Oman	4.37	2012
78	Hungary	4.31	2012
79	Sao Tome and Principe	4.29	2012
80	Djibouti	4.26	2012
81	Dominica	4.23	2012
82	Morocco	4.22	2012
	Cold countries average (profile)	4.2	2012
	Former British colonies average (profile)	4.19	2011
83	Yemen	4.14	2011
84	Mauritius	4.1	2012
85	Brunei	4.09	2009
86	Guyana	4.06	2012
87	Guatemala	4.02	2012
88	Haiti	4.01	2012
89	Lesotho	3.96	2012
90	Rwanda	3.96	2012
91	Venezuela	3.95	2012
92	Burundi	3.94	2012
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	3.9	2012
93	Armenia	3.87	2012
94	Fiji	3.87	2010
95	Barbados	3.86	2010
96	Bangladesh	3.86	2012
97	Mali	3.81	2010
98	Kosovo	3.8	2012
99	Kazakhstan	3.77	2012
100	Kenya	3.75	2012
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	3.73	2012
101	Kyrgyzstan	3.72	2012
102	Tanzania	3.71	2012
103	Sri Lanka	3.68	2012
104	Tunisia	3.67	2012
105	Cote d'Ivoire	3.65	2010
106	Norway	3.59	2012
	Europe average (profile)	3.57	2012
107	Cape Verde	3.56	2012
108	Zambia	3.53	2012
109	Saint Lucia	3.45	2012
110	New Zealand	3.43	2012
111	Italy	3.41	2012
112	Czech Republic	3.39	2012
113	El Salvador	3.36	2012
114	Georgia	3.33	2012
115	Bahrain	3.33	2012
116	Madagascar	3.31	2005
117	Grenada	3.27	2012
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	3.24	2012
118	Republic of the Congo	3.16	2007
119	Pakistan	3.14	2012
120	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3.14	2012
121	Niger	3.13	2010
	NATO countries average (profile)	3.09	2012
122	Aruba	3.09	2012
123	Namibia	3.02	2011
124	Belize	3.01	2012
125	European Union	2.97	2012
126	Swaziland	2.96	2010
127	Nicaragua	2.94	2012
128	Antigua and Barbuda	2.91	2012
129	Mozambique	2.9	2012
130	Ghana	2.9	2012
131	Jamaica	2.77	2012
132	Lithuania	2.73	2012
133	Portugal	2.69	2012
134	Ukraine	2.65	2012
135	Honduras	2.61	2012
136	Egypt	2.49	2012
	European Union average (profile)	2.48	2012
137	Vietnam	2.48	2012
138	Sweden	2.4	2012
139	Gabon	2.39	2005
140	Ethiopia	2.35	2009
141	France	2.3	2012
142	Dominican Republic	2.15	2012
143	Sierra Leone	2.13	2012
144	United States	2.08	2012
145	The Bahamas	1.94	2012
146	Belarus	1.9	2012
147	Montenegro	1.89	2012
148	Liberia	1.85	2011
149	Germany	1.76	2012
150	Australia	1.44	2012
151	Maldives	1.41	2012
152	Tajikistan	1.41	2012
	Eurozone average (profile)	1.33	2012
153	Austria	1.32	2012
154	Spain	1.25	2012
155	Canada	1.21	2012
156	United Kingdom	1.17	2012
157	Greece	1.14	2012
158	Malawi	1.11	2012
159	Finland	1.1	2012
160	Ecuador	1.02	2012
161	Netherlands	0.998	2012
162	Cyprus	0.992	2012
163	Panama	0.894	2012
164	Belgium	0.796	2012
165	Malta	0.742	2012
166	Guinea	0.484	2011
167	Slovakia	0.342	2012
168	Slovenia	0.339	2012
169	Sudan	0.216	2012
170	Estonia	0.165	2012
171	Ireland	0.0709	2012
172	Luxembourg	0.0421	2012

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