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Heavily indebted countries 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 Japan 18.13 2009
2 Lebanon 14.23 2009
3 Israel 9.91 2009
4 Jordan 8.64 2009
5 Morocco 7.12 2009
6 Iceland 6.29 2009
7 Singapore 5.91 2009
8 Sao Tome and Principe 5.5 2007
9 Hungary 4.77 2009
10 Sri Lanka 4.68 2009
11 Barbados 4.45 2009
12 Cape Verde 3.95 2009
13 Grenada 3.89 2009
14 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.87 2009
15 Jamaica 3.43 2009
16 Dominica 3.13 2009
17 Saint Lucia 2.84 2009
18 Belize 2.83 2009
19 Italy 2.54 2009
20 Zimbabwe 2.48 1994
21 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.43 2009
22 Malawi 2.37 2002
23 United States 2.01 2009
24 Seychelles 1.93 2009
25 France 1.91 2009
26 Portugal 1.8 2009
27 Antigua and Barbuda 1.72 2009
28 Germany 1.54 2009
29 Canada 1.39 2009
30 Austria 1.01 2009
31 Sudan 0.96 2009
32 United Kingdom 0.92 2009
33 Cyprus 0.91 2009
34 Eritrea 0.85 2000
35 Netherlands 0.84 2009
36 Malta 0.76 2009
37 Belgium 0.73 2009
38 Spain 0.71 2009
39 Greece 0.64 2009
40 Ireland 0.09 2009

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