Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Total reserves in months of imports
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977 3.23466339
1978 2.17336036
1979 4.19247098
1980 4.51135057
1981 1.98227999
1982 1.92376673
1983 2.14641904
1984 2.17999852
1985 3.18708273
1986 4.30767125
1987 5.2357218
1988 5.23996111
1989 6.55589029
1990 6.32035642
1991 6.76641687
1992 7.46911672
1993 8.90599865
1994 8.84013182
1995 8.12295985
1996 10.16421813
1997 10.8532878
1998 12.31444509
1999 8.20017283
2000 8.66077573
2001 8.57872583
2002 6.99521455
2003 5.64063446
2004 6.20058633
2005 6.61287216
2006 8.26785857
2007 7.36844024
2008 5.89925361
2009 6.4213944
2010 4.95175785
2011 4.56937644
2012 5.01274188
2013 4.89541663
2014 4.47659528
2015 4.77616335
2016 5.84316249
2017 5.86720457
2018 5.03614314
2019 4.87571394
2020 6.15709176
2021 5.66012201
2022 4.73951343

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source