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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 which could be paid for.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 32.13 | 2005 | ||
| 2 | Japan | 15.74 | 2005 | ||
| 3 | Botswana | 15.29 | 2005 | ||
| 4 | China | 13.47 | 2005 | ||
| 5 | India | 12.19 | 2003 | ||
| 6 | Russia | 10.84 | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Nigeria | 10.72 | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Lebanon | 10.7 | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Iraq | 10.5 | 1977 | ||
| 10 | Yemen | 10.35 | 2005 | ||
| 11 | Afghanistan | 10.3 | 1989 | ||
| 12 | Venezuela | 10.07 | 2005 | ||
| 13 | Central African Republic | 9.63 | 1994 | ||
| 14 | Macau | 9.23 | 2004 | ||
| 15 | Turkmenistan | 8.6 | 1997 | ||
| 16 | Morocco | 8.37 | 2005 | ||
| 17 | Peru | 8.17 | 2005 | ||
| 18 | Madagascar | 7.95 | 2005 | ||
| 19 | South Korea | 7.76 | 2005 | ||
| 20 | Argentina | 7.45 | 2005 | ||
| 21 | Egypt | 7.33 | 2005 | ||
| 22 | Rwanda | 6.93 | 2005 | ||
| 23 | Nepal | 6.7 | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.47 | 2004 | ||
| 25 | Bolivia | 6.4 | 2005 | ||
| 26 | Uruguay | 6.39 | 2005 | ||
| 27 | Benin | 6.37 | 2004 | ||
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.35 | 2004 | ||
| 29 | Tanzania | 5.98 | 2005 | ||
| 30 | Malaysia | 5.94 | 2005 | ||
| 31 | Iran | 5.82 | 1982 | ||
| 32 | Uganda | 5.78 | 2005 | ||
| 33 | Norway | 5.74 | 2005 | ||
| 34 | Colombia | 5.69 | 2005 | ||
| 35 | Mali | 5.6 | 2004 | ||
| 36 | Romania | 5.48 | 2005 | ||
| 37 | Slovakia | 5.47 | 2003 | ||
| 38 | Jordan | 5.35 | 2005 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 5.32 | 2005 | |||
| 39 | Malta | 5.26 | 2005 | ||
| 40 | Israel | 5.19 | 2005 | ||
| 41 | Honduras | 5.13 | 2005 | ||
| 42 | Ukraine | 5.12 | 2005 | ||
| 43 | Singapore | 5.11 | 2005 | ||
| =44 | Brazil | 5.09 | 2005 | ||
| =44 | Comoros | 5.09 | 1995 | ||
| 46 | Cyprus | 4.99 | 2005 | ||
| 47 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.92 | 2005 | ||
| 48 | Mauritania | 4.9 | 1998 | ||
| 49 | Kuwait | 4.87 | 2005 | ||
| 50 | Senegal | 4.86 | 2004 | ||
| =51 | Bulgaria | 4.8 | 2005 | ||
| =51 | Turkey | 4.8 | 2005 | ||
| 53 | Fiji | 4.57 | 1999 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 4.57 | 2003 | |||
| 54 | Burkina Faso | 4.53 | 2001 | ||
| 55 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.51 | 2002 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 4.49 | 2005 | |||
| =56 | Guatemala | 4.47 | 2005 | ||
| =56 | Thailand | 4.47 | 2005 | ||
| 58 | Croatia | 4.44 | 2005 | ||
| 59 | Albania | 4.41 | 2005 | ||
| 60 | Lesotho | 4.39 | 2005 | ||
| 61 | Samoa | 4.26 | 2005 | ||
| 62 | Slovenia | 4.17 | 2005 | ||
| 63 | Pakistan | 4.14 | 2005 | ||
| 64 | Saudi Arabia | 4.13 | 2005 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 4.12 | 1989 | |||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 4.12 | 2005 | |||
| 65 | Indonesia | 4.08 | 2005 | ||
| 66 | Oman | 4.04 | 2005 | ||
| =67 | Poland | 4.02 | 2005 | ||
| =67 | Sierra Leone | 4.02 | 2005 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 4.01 | 2003 | |||
| 69 | Chile | 3.99 | 2005 | ||
| 70 | The Gambia | 3.98 | 2005 | ||
| 71 | Mozambique | 3.95 | 2005 | ||
| 72 | Algeria | 3.9 | 1991 | ||
| 73 | Philippines | 3.84 | 2005 | ||
| 74 | Mauritius | 3.82 | 2005 | ||
| 75 | Hong Kong | 3.79 | 2005 | ||
| 76 | Jamaica | 3.73 | 2005 | ||
| 77 | Togo | 3.7 | 2004 | ||
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.69 | 2005 | ||
| 79 | Czech Republic | 3.65 | 2005 | ||
| 80 | Paraguay | 3.57 | 2005 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 3.51 | 2005 | |||
| 81 | Armenia | 3.49 | 2005 | ||
| 82 | Niger | 3.47 | 2004 | ||
| 83 | Mexico | 3.4 | 2005 | ||
| =84 | Tunisia | 3.33 | 2005 | ||
| =84 | Ghana | 3.33 | 2005 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 3.24 | 1994 | |||
| 86 | Burundi | 3.23 | 2005 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 3.23 | 2005 | |||
| 87 | Kenya | 3.21 | 2005 | ||
| =88 | Sri Lanka | 3.16 | 2005 | ||
| =88 | South Africa | 3.16 | 2005 | ||
| 90 | Guyana | 3.15 | 2005 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 3.13 | 2005 | |||
| 91 | Vanuatu | 3.12 | 2005 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 3.09 | 2005 | |||
| =92 | Barbados | 3.02 | 2005 | ||
| =92 | Laos | 3.02 | 2001 | ||
| 94 | Denmark | 3.01 | 2005 | ||
| 95 | Cape Verde | 2.99 | 2005 | ||
| 96 | Switzerland | 2.92 | 2005 | ||
| 97 | Djibouti | 2.88 | 1995 | ||
| 98 | Burma | 2.86 | 2004 | ||
| 99 | Cambodia | 2.85 | 2005 | ||
| 100 | Solomon Islands | 2.79 | 1999 | ||
| =101 | Papua New Guinea | 2.76 | 2005 | ||
| =101 | Tonga | 2.76 | 2002 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 2.75 | 2005 | |||
| 103 | Grenada | 2.73 | 2005 | ||
| 104 | Ethiopia | 2.72 | 2005 | ||
| 105 | Vietnam | 2.71 | 2005 | ||
| 106 | El Salvador | 2.7 | 2005 | ||
| 107 | Kazakhstan | 2.69 | 2005 | ||
| 108 | Australia | 2.68 | 2005 | ||
| 109 | Hungary | 2.65 | 2005 | ||
| 110 | Dominica | 2.61 | 2005 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 2.6 | 2005 | |||
| 111 | Latvia | 2.6 | 2005 | ||
| =112 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.57 | 2005 | ||
| =112 | Lithuania | 2.57 | 2005 | ||
| =114 | Nicaragua | 2.54 | 2005 | ||
| =114 | New Zealand | 2.54 | 2005 | ||
| =114 | Netherlands Antilles | 2.54 | 2005 | ||
| 117 | Maldives | 2.53 | 2005 | ||
| 118 | Moldova | 2.49 | 2005 | ||
| =119 | Costa Rica | 2.48 | 2005 | ||
| =119 | Zimbabwe | 2.48 | 1994 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 2.47 | 2005 | |||
| 121 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.46 | 2005 | ||
| 122 | Sudan | 2.44 | 2005 | ||
| 123 | Malawi | 2.37 | 2002 | ||
| 124 | Bahrain | 2.36 | 2004 | ||
| 125 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.28 | 2005 | ||
| 126 | Chad | 2.27 | 1994 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 2.26 | 2005 | |||
| 127 | Bangladesh | 2.21 | 2005 | ||
| 128 | Congo, Republic of the | 2.18 | 2005 | ||
| 129 | Saint Lucia | 2.12 | 2005 | ||
| =130 | Mongolia | 2.1 | 2004 | ||
| =130 | Cameroon | 2.1 | 2003 | ||
| 132 | Syria | 2.08 | 1988 | ||
| 133 | Angola | 2 | 2005 | ||
| =134 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.98 | 2005 | ||
| =134 | Zambia | 1.98 | 2000 | ||
| 136 | Ecuador | 1.86 | 2005 | ||
| 137 | Estonia | 1.78 | 2005 | ||
| 138 | The Bahamas | 1.74 | 2005 | ||
| 139 | Gabon | 1.72 | 2004 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 1.67 | 2005 | |||
| 140 | Georgia | 1.65 | 2005 | ||
| 141 | Dominican Republic | 1.62 | 2005 | ||
| 142 | Sweden | 1.61 | 2005 | ||
| 143 | Azerbaijan | 1.6 | 2005 | ||
| 144 | Finland | 1.59 | 2005 | ||
| 145 | Portugal | 1.54 | 2005 | ||
| 146 | Namibia | 1.53 | 2004 | ||
| 147 | Italy | 1.46 | 2005 | ||
| 148 | Iceland | 1.39 | 2005 | ||
| 149 | Guinea | 1.36 | 2004 | ||
| 150 | Tajikistan | 1.31 | 2005 | ||
| 151 | France | 1.28 | 2005 | ||
| 152 | Swaziland | 1.26 | 2005 | ||
| 153 | Panama | 1.13 | 2005 | ||
| =154 | Suriname | 1.06 | 2005 | ||
| =154 | Germany | 1.06 | 2005 | ||
| 156 | Belize | 1.03 | 2005 | ||
| 157 | United States | 0.92 | 2005 | ||
| 158 | Canada | 0.9 | 2005 | ||
| =159 | Belarus | 0.89 | 2005 | ||
| =159 | Haiti | 0.89 | 2005 | ||
| 161 | Eritrea | 0.85 | 2000 | ||
| 162 | Aruba | 0.79 | 2005 | ||
| 163 | Austria | 0.75 | 2005 | ||
| 164 | Seychelles | 0.73 | 2005 | ||
| 165 | United Kingdom | 0.55 | 2005 | ||
| 166 | Netherlands | 0.53 | 2005 | ||
| 167 | Spain | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
| 168 | Somalia | 0.5 | 1989 | ||
| 169 | Belgium | 0.4 | 2005 | ||
| 170 | Greece | 0.35 | 2005 | ||
| 171 | Ireland | 0.05 | 2005 | ||
| 172 | Luxembourg | 0.03 | 2005 | ||
| =173 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.01 | 1996 | ||
| =173 | Liberia | 0.01 | 1987 |
