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
1977 3.58497525
1978 1.92330847
1979 4.68271337
1980 5.4858676
1981 2.00127244
1982 1.69112452
1983 1.84620669
1984 2.50176283
1985 2.91863888
1986 3.93651129
1987 2.48934801
1988 1.97698248
1989 3.19041809
1990 4.48676361
1991 4.03326504
1992 1.78925955
1993 2.02087666
1994 2.6578231
1995 3.74653588
1996 9.18777604
1997 15.04176352
1998 17.43014441
1999 4.15702727
2000 7.17812816
2001 6.31602673
2002 4.33426173
2003 3.41285869
2004 7.72496552
2005 8.61505506
2006 10.96965355
2007 9.22898998
2008 7.26592194
2009 7.24209254
2010 4.63435979
2011 3.9293897
2012 5.05103723
2013 4.97491479
2014 4.03859878
2015 3.93681398
2016 5.29493888
2017 6.92367882
2018 5.41591918
2019 3.8659867
2020 5.13056309
2021 5.82290598
2022 4.71732212

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