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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.".
CONTENTS
| # | 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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