Africa Western and Central | 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)].
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Western and Central
Records
63
Source
Africa Western and Central | Total reserves in months of imports
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
3.58497525 1977
1.92330847 1978
4.68271337 1979
5.4858676 1980
2.00127244 1981
1.69112452 1982
1.84620669 1983
2.50176283 1984
2.91863888 1985
3.93651129 1986
2.48934801 1987
1.97698248 1988
3.19041809 1989
4.48676361 1990
4.03326504 1991
1.78925955 1992
2.02087666 1993
2.6578231 1994
3.74653588 1995
9.18777604 1996
15.04176352 1997
17.43014441 1998
4.15702727 1999
7.17812816 2000
6.31602673 2001
4.33426173 2002
3.41285869 2003
7.72496552 2004
8.61505506 2005
10.96965355 2006
9.22898998 2007
7.26592194 2008
7.24209254 2009
4.63435979 2010
3.9293897 2011
5.05103723 2012
4.97491479 2013
4.03859878 2014
3.93681398 2015
5.29493888 2016
6.92367882 2017
5.41591918 2018
3.8659867 2019
5.13056309 2020
5.82290598 2021
4.71732212 2022
Africa Western and Central | 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)].
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Western and Central
Records
63
Source