Total reserves minus gold comprise special drawing rights, reserves of IMF members held by the IMF, and holdings of foreign exchange under the control of monetary authorities. Gold holdings are excluded. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
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| Libya | 1,50,48,30,000 | 5,83,92,18,009 | 12,46,08,13,672 | 39,50,78,46,087 | 99,64,52,17,631 | 1,04,79,73,10,731 | 1,18,40,75,54,176 | 1,15,19,73,66,460 | 89,09,29,50,487 | 73,67,45,94,284 | 65,89,43,16,969 | 74,55,60,02,682 | 80,52,94,62,282 | 78,95,23,39,517 | 72,56,48,03,065 | 75,43,66,99,686 | 79,88,71,05,344 | 82,70,30,78,787 | 80,59,18,01,678 |
| Algeria | 14,79,00,000 | 72,47,59,955 | 12,02,39,03,987 | 56,30,30,86,193 | 1,62,61,44,90,298 | 1,82,82,18,25,956 | 1,91,29,71,04,701 | 1,94,71,21,07,088 | 1,79,61,77,18,599 | 1,44,67,74,55,938 | 1,14,39,07,44,334 | 97,61,44,27,695 | 80,22,76,98,868 | 63,29,76,10,715 | 48,88,20,51,110 | 46,05,48,47,199 | 61,73,93,77,094 | 69,70,85,46,412 | 68,44,83,30,429 |
| South Africa | 34,55,30,000 | 1,00,83,33,158 | 6,08,28,06,132 | 18,57,91,29,695 | 38,17,50,57,749 | 42,59,51,71,246 | 43,99,54,70,405 | 44,86,36,75,894 | 44,26,74,18,380 | 41,61,95,05,757 | 42,56,55,88,001 | 45,49,92,92,863 | 46,47,82,74,117 | 48,91,97,26,657 | 47,38,73,58,996 | 50,26,21,46,617 | 53,24,75,30,156 | 54,17,60,79,020 | 54,91,24,56,859 |
| Nigeria | 20,21,60,000 | 3,86,42,94,618 | 9,91,09,01,048 | 28,27,96,20,717 | 32,33,94,72,716 | 32,63,99,87,436 | 43,83,06,38,132 | 42,84,75,32,138 | 34,24,17,37,874 | 28,28,32,30,144 | 27,23,29,64,319 | 39,60,85,25,296 | 42,83,88,69,125 | 38,33,58,90,479 | 36,72,95,65,818 | 40,47,63,63,167 | 35,56,39,49,955 | 32,03,47,97,237 | 38,61,24,93,467 |
| Morocco | 11,93,00,000 | 2,06,64,93,790 | 4,82,31,73,055 | 16,18,74,24,949 | 22,71,32,97,148 | 19,08,22,92,656 | 15,95,88,24,586 | 17,94,40,85,607 | 19,41,65,47,581 | 21,99,67,01,265 | 24,28,21,38,816 | 25,26,81,47,248 | 23,54,97,28,687 | 25,32,98,60,211 | 34,65,30,06,799 | 34,35,41,19,831 | 31,02,56,06,471 | 34,86,12,68,999 | 35,27,87,53,636 |
| Egypt | 7,40,80,000 | 2,68,36,11,743 | 13,11,75,78,468 | 20,60,90,55,556 | 33,61,17,35,635 | 14,91,56,80,110 | 11,62,75,43,555 | 13,60,80,97,326 | 11,99,52,12,052 | 13,28,20,27,326 | 20,85,81,54,706 | 33,21,39,17,119 | 38,60,94,11,065 | 40,68,53,67,786 | 34,09,49,46,984 | 35,08,97,50,384 | 24,82,36,44,493 | 24,69,56,57,741 | 34,27,78,30,660 |
| Angola | 1,19,82,12,373 | 3,19,68,50,749 | 19,67,86,61,657 | 27,03,97,61,554 | 31,16,17,78,889 | 31,50,08,15,462 | 27,03,23,44,084 | 23,79,05,43,425 | 23,67,21,91,989 | 17,45,53,27,771 | 15,41,04,05,365 | 16,33,48,53,784 | 13,78,19,88,140 | 14,46,81,13,826 | 13,65,47,15,740 | 13,94,21,14,199 | 14,24,28,92,505 | ||
| Kenya | 21,98,30,000 | 20,54,11,405 | 89,77,35,793 | 1,79,88,31,413 | 4,32,01,55,749 | 4,26,43,80,210 | 5,71,09,99,325 | 6,59,81,59,169 | 7,87,36,90,832 | 7,51,42,28,907 | 7,55,31,97,373 | 7,32,46,42,163 | 8,16,36,11,816 | 9,11,48,92,205 | 8,29,61,28,899 | 9,48,98,76,378 | 7,96,84,72,155 | 7,34,06,20,173 | 10,06,51,44,725 |
| Tunisia | 5,52,00,000 | 79,48,03,877 | 1,81,10,48,065 | 4,43,66,95,857 | 9,45,92,71,537 | 7,45,35,48,708 | 8,35,72,41,401 | 7,28,74,46,500 | 7,23,51,02,303 | 7,32,81,21,960 | 5,88,72,71,590 | 5,86,13,49,080 | 5,38,19,70,559 | 7,58,79,67,405 | 9,39,45,88,875 | 8,44,51,35,076 | 7,69,56,09,709 | 8,78,60,17,488 | 8,76,95,95,098 |
| Mauritius | 4,61,90,000 | 73,75,97,596 | 89,74,35,313 | 1,33,99,04,338 | 2,44,18,35,607 | 2,58,26,76,513 | 2,83,66,87,539 | 3,34,02,05,404 | 3,61,47,01,310 | 3,95,69,76,708 | 4,50,41,79,661 | 5,46,59,32,737 | 5,84,06,28,544 | 6,75,33,93,626 | 6,53,50,03,556 | 7,83,49,80,060 | 7,06,87,73,583 | 6,42,45,80,180 | 7,46,45,81,565 |
| Ethiopia | 6,33,00,000 | 2,01,56,078 | 30,63,19,432 | 1,04,25,95,212 | 2,24,11,64,556 | 2,83,73,10,958 | 2,30,16,55,548 | 2,36,35,13,607 | 3,52,52,44,981 | 3,82,68,07,166 | 3,02,17,76,307 | 3,03,51,98,813 | 3,97,72,10,470 | 2,98,05,19,685 | 3,04,61,14,359 | 1,64,40,05,887 | 1,19,17,12,941 | 2,02,82,14,255 | 3,78,43,87,425 |
| Mozambique | 23,17,44,264 | 72,31,79,361 | 1,05,38,20,109 | 2,15,93,94,788 | 2,46,87,71,604 | 2,77,02,41,526 | 3,14,23,33,833 | 3,00,99,82,304 | 2,41,14,23,723 | 1,88,59,18,238 | 3,17,93,14,610 | 2,92,57,04,864 | 3,69,72,33,290 | 3,83,61,11,854 | 3,55,05,32,063 | 2,70,93,41,999 | 3,37,59,52,537 | 3,51,26,08,804 | |
| Botswana | 3,33,14,56,030 | 6,31,82,14,000 | 6,30,90,56,418 | 7,88,52,11,136 | 8,08,18,86,824 | 7,62,79,70,306 | 7,72,60,52,444 | 8,32,27,71,529 | 7,54,61,44,960 | 7,18,88,21,775 | 7,49,05,12,373 | 6,65,69,13,638 | 6,17,02,21,067 | 4,94,08,93,803 | 4,80,16,08,912 | 4,27,89,50,590 | 4,75,58,31,849 | 3,45,56,61,776 | |
| Namibia | 25,98,36,318 | 31,21,04,907 | 1,69,56,91,125 | 1,78,66,89,868 | 1,74,58,66,242 | 1,51,11,61,813 | 1,17,72,01,630 | 1,68,81,80,787 | 1,83,36,73,822 | 2,43,22,21,196 | 2,14,98,13,974 | 2,04,91,34,995 | 2,17,10,55,563 | 2,76,39,19,782 | 2,80,34,62,865 | 2,95,62,84,638 | 3,35,55,24,015 | ||
| Madagascar | 3,71,22,000 | 9,20,84,945 | 28,51,82,985 | 48,12,86,831 | 1,02,29,70,696 | 1,13,45,59,590 | 1,05,28,10,916 | 77,61,46,663 | 77,38,17,323 | 83,20,08,813 | 1,18,36,90,792 | 1,60,01,75,022 | 1,73,95,88,290 | 1,69,31,47,648 | 1,98,07,66,598 | 2,33,45,64,598 | 2,15,99,14,364 | 2,63,19,80,575 | 2,78,45,91,093 |
| Rwanda | 77,00,000 | 4,45,14,230 | 19,06,41,891 | 25,68,82,287 | 80,63,95,756 | 71,75,79,236 | 47,45,75,026 | 65,43,77,583 | 94,51,26,111 | 91,79,98,055 | 1,01,37,56,070 | 1,17,90,65,818 | 1,35,46,58,758 | 1,46,45,73,538 | 1,71,96,68,099 | 1,86,72,63,804 | 1,72,55,74,899 | 1,83,40,50,910 | 2,40,64,50,702 |
| Lesotho | 7,23,73,877 | 41,78,91,096 | 51,91,10,911 | 1,48,59,76,653 | 90,38,95,915 | 99,94,98,708 | 1,06,01,72,209 | 1,08,12,71,062 | 99,74,31,660 | 92,51,95,319 | 65,76,68,309 | 72,85,27,650 | 77,40,95,190 | 73,02,80,379 | 79,82,07,194 | 77,12,78,260 | 85,40,88,924 | 1,00,78,62,057 | |
| केप वर्दे | 7,69,69,365 | 2,81,96,819 | 17,43,91,987 | 38,21,90,200 | 33,86,17,823 | 37,58,41,715 | 47,53,34,069 | 51,09,30,777 | 49,44,95,561 | 57,27,36,753 | 61,73,62,330 | 60,60,03,781 | 73,79,90,665 | 67,45,69,597 | 71,14,07,251 | 67,15,71,104 | 77,18,83,765 | 78,31,05,558 | |
| Seychelles | 1,66,38,359 | 4,37,52,074 | 5,62,44,154 | 25,55,84,703 | 27,91,15,074 | 30,80,93,541 | 42,59,02,439 | 46,50,10,216 | 53,61,45,674 | 52,35,03,787 | 54,52,03,276 | 54,95,21,832 | 58,05,45,515 | 55,96,81,942 | 70,25,84,738 | 63,89,60,850 | 68,27,93,969 | 77,36,77,576 | |
| Djibouti | 9,36,39,294 | 6,78,04,572 | 8,92,64,770 | 24,89,97,896 | 24,41,12,095 | 24,86,30,000 | 42,49,61,510 | 39,31,48,392 | 36,48,57,284 | 40,74,14,267 | 55,60,97,629 | 45,41,93,910 | 50,18,57,934 | 68,63,39,281 | 58,84,17,560 | 58,94,37,242 | 50,20,33,556 | 34,87,25,427 | |
| Comoros | 2,96,94,739 | 4,32,11,812 | 8,57,98,090 | 14,52,62,104 | 15,51,78,105 | 19,40,56,101 | 17,33,74,062 | 17,04,61,228 | 19,99,48,688 | 15,87,48,648 | 20,71,29,594 | 19,84,71,475 | 20,11,50,327 | 29,32,45,493 | 32,86,18,436 | 28,26,97,285 | 32,33,67,096 | 32,24,35,665 | |
| Zimbabwe | 2,02,70,000 | 14,92,02,985 | 19,31,33,708 | 9,71,91,584 | 73,17,79,022 | 65,91,75,718 | 57,44,07,706 | 47,44,82,653 | 36,33,46,140 | 41,81,49,726 | 40,67,31,446 | 29,20,98,760 | 8,64,34,589 | 15,06,26,738 | 3,19,37,527 | 83,67,30,965 | 58,87,76,317 | 7,39,41,519 | 26,13,72,935 |
| Burundi | 1,53,60,000 | 10,50,37,968 | 3,29,20,287 | 10,00,82,253 | 33,07,34,337 | 29,39,75,923 | 30,71,57,910 | 32,81,50,660 | 31,59,80,290 | 13,51,15,722 | 9,40,51,538 | 9,61,49,938 | 6,68,87,906 | 10,99,02,224 | 8,84,92,038 | 26,44,05,558 | 15,67,79,259 | 8,83,57,252 | |
| Cameroon | 8,08,07,414 | 2,55,42,769 | 21,19,98,538 | 94,93,79,091 | 3,64,26,42,766 | 3,19,87,17,753 | 3,38,07,03,262 | 3,47,19,99,831 | 3,16,82,16,856 | 3,53,62,55,066 | 2,22,57,08,778 | 3,19,67,91,411 | 3,45,93,29,761 | 3,72,01,72,167 | 3,96,17,53,887 | 4,29,97,88,713 | 5,13,34,80,338 | 4,88,20,47,277 | |
| Central African Republic | 13,88,412 | 11,86,25,894 | 13,32,58,425 | 13,92,16,011 | 18,11,75,455 | 15,45,10,967 | 15,79,02,474 | 19,36,63,724 | 25,95,71,698 | 21,38,00,567 | 23,97,97,986 | 36,27,17,270 | 36,17,97,180 | 35,03,05,402 | 43,25,24,261 | 48,38,72,116 | 37,44,04,781 | 47,95,92,713 | |
| Chad | 23,08,558 | 12,77,80,630 | 11,06,99,274 | 22,55,75,218 | 63,24,05,291 | 95,10,97,161 | 1,15,56,59,287 | 1,18,30,31,944 | 1,07,59,06,115 | 36,89,16,824 | 81,84,292 | 85,75,237 | 14,77,50,166 | 31,00,32,033 | 39,06,75,163 | 21,15,90,755 | 1,01,32,20,924 | 1,04,97,88,251 | |
| Congo | 88,84,792 | 59,08,906 | 22,20,05,806 | 73,18,29,790 | 4,44,68,50,566 | 5,64,11,36,196 | 5,54,95,63,315 | 5,24,50,11,451 | 4,92,60,98,059 | 2,22,14,97,219 | 71,43,52,001 | 37,99,84,139 | 42,36,17,388 | 98,83,16,008 | 1,14,05,00,575 | 82,85,60,335 | 83,56,49,477 | 71,53,91,052 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 13,60,00,000 | 21,90,70,000 | 8,25,00,000 | 13,12,00,258 | 1,29,96,52,041 | 1,26,75,00,303 | 1,63,25,51,644 | 1,67,84,65,312 | 1,55,69,82,978 | 1,21,59,34,551 | 70,81,60,749 | 69,53,98,162 | 66,52,72,095 | 1,19,43,73,485 | 74,76,55,324 | 3,46,71,15,961 | 4,37,81,00,482 | 5,10,41,81,647 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 7,06,735 | 2,30,08,389 | 2,10,24,94,662 | 2,34,63,55,216 | 3,05,38,40,572 | 4,39,69,79,377 | 4,56,65,37,481 | 2,90,68,43,391 | 1,20,51,54,516 | 6,23,07,444 | 4,55,02,925 | 4,89,29,814 | 4,08,16,835 | 6,08,33,004 | 4,42,71,186 | 1,45,76,11,930 | 1,53,84,61,554 | ||
| Eritrea | 2,55,16,158 | 2,79,44,199 | 11,41,49,603 | 11,53,28,816 | 13,27,64,718 | 13,33,38,048 | 15,17,53,160 | 14,50,70,693 | 14,53,71,151 | 14,34,12,423 | 16,30,33,689 | 19,16,94,416 | |||||||
| Gabon | 1,47,39,646 | 27,37,64,722 | 19,00,90,627 | 66,85,64,475 | 1,73,58,83,130 | 2,15,73,16,879 | 2,35,15,62,307 | 3,00,35,73,133 | 2,47,84,80,388 | 1,86,31,20,981 | 78,93,46,605 | 96,50,54,219 | 1,32,10,51,089 | 1,37,19,73,833 | 1,38,64,94,675 | 1,30,43,91,855 | 1,41,54,83,891 | 1,44,74,08,423 | |
| Ghana | 3,66,00,000 | 21,88,38,691 | 23,20,54,898 | 1,75,29,04,040 | 4,76,32,06,129 | 5,48,33,89,037 | 5,36,75,14,328 | 5,24,92,74,626 | 5,22,48,23,271 | 5,44,47,85,886 | 5,54,47,31,696 | 6,65,08,70,660 | 5,93,47,07,914 | 7,13,52,47,341 | 7,35,26,92,439 | 9,40,54,68,800 | 4,69,61,86,862 | 3,04,43,70,595 | |
| Guinea | 14,79,07,026 | 9,50,55,710 | 29,15,33,899 | 93,62,45,876 | 75,10,98,296 | 84,53,22,228 | 97,53,98,194 | 57,27,50,224 | 83,23,60,781 | 97,11,14,145 | 1,17,92,05,090 | 1,18,85,92,631 | 1,24,53,20,957 | 1,93,87,98,045 | 1,86,63,37,478 | 1,20,46,51,458 | |||
| Liberia | 2,67,707 | 2,53,95,461 | 44,20,33,414 | 50,68,27,131 | 57,41,81,706 | 58,97,23,180 | 49,89,92,033 | 56,07,42,588 | 58,60,24,560 | 58,59,97,777 | 33,21,50,948 | 29,70,70,853 | 34,09,65,881 | 70,08,28,780 | 59,96,60,418 | ||||
| Malawi | 2,92,00,000 | 13,71,60,825 | 24,29,80,756 | 15,86,45,871 | 30,73,58,139 | 19,74,29,644 | 22,31,75,828 | 41,31,04,344 | 60,06,19,340 | 68,15,80,478 | 61,07,74,218 | 76,84,01,046 | 76,61,54,762 | 84,68,39,844 | 59,44,98,494 | ||||
| Mauritania | 31,80,000 | 5,41,10,915 | 4,62,46,078 | 6,44,68,253 | 27,16,88,466 | 48,47,18,211 | 94,94,99,711 | 98,40,50,730 | 62,15,18,343 | 81,00,79,358 | 83,52,89,254 | 85,89,12,971 | 91,95,52,859 | 1,02,87,02,421 | 1,49,31,84,646 | 2,03,85,62,789 | |||
| Sao Tome and Principe | 1,16,39,664 | 2,67,02,731 | 4,81,70,349 | 5,21,25,218 | 5,15,87,491 | 6,37,87,767 | 6,35,23,955 | 7,28,64,705 | 6,32,03,006 | 5,89,50,230 | 4,36,83,545 | 4,71,48,377 | 7,52,87,734 | 7,50,17,386 | 6,44,76,467 | 4,62,47,348 | |||
| Sierra Leone | 3,93,60,000 | 54,28,453 | 4,92,07,274 | 17,05,05,508 | 40,89,71,756 | 43,91,30,953 | 47,79,87,068 | 53,25,38,017 | 60,07,84,544 | 57,90,13,521 | 49,72,42,647 | 54,91,21,051 | 50,12,10,760 | 53,01,37,881 | 70,77,03,898 | 94,59,07,747 | 62,44,96,475 | 49,56,98,794 | |
| Somalia | 2,11,40,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | 1,28,20,90,260 | 94,78,10,457 | 41,68,08,670 | 22,98,80,518 | 6,81,59,819 | 3,38,20,211 | 3,63,96,368 | 37,82,81,747 | 18,36,14,817 | 34,19,32,480 | 9,49,14,465 | 7,28,80,855 | |||||||
| Sudan | 2,17,40,000 | 1,14,14,227 | 13,78,14,239 | 1,86,85,87,866 | 1,03,62,44,171 | 19,25,29,340 | 19,26,32,615 | 19,29,56,942 | 18,14,57,169 | 17,35,16,491 | 16,82,84,353 | 17,79,33,852 | |||||||
| इस्वातिनी | 21,64,66,813 | 35,17,94,141 | 24,38,97,157 | 75,63,44,145 | 60,05,07,429 | 74,09,60,093 | 76,25,40,938 | 69,07,55,431 | 54,79,97,264 | 56,43,14,116 | 56,31,19,751 | 44,06,85,903 | 44,03,14,153 | 54,55,64,174 | 57,22,81,511 | 45,23,51,748 | 47,92,61,051 | ||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 6,49,70,000 | 19,28,00,000 | 97,42,37,740 | 2,04,87,75,519 | 3,90,46,76,572 | 3,72,61,58,402 | 4,05,22,24,338 | 4,67,37,29,809 | 4,39,04,30,241 | 4,08,07,62,378 | 4,35,06,87,048 | 5,88,78,69,885 | 5,04,96,46,420 | ||||||
| Gambia | 81,10,000 | 5,53,86,775 | 10,94,31,119 | 9,83,12,849 | 20,16,27,627 | 22,32,41,853 | 23,62,41,441 | 21,05,53,599 | 15,93,30,829 | 11,10,40,203 | 8,76,35,582 | 16,99,69,976 | 19,17,73,261 | 25,69,57,422 | 38,70,46,404 | 65,26,70,952 | 56,82,44,498 | 57,70,28,229 | |
| Uganda | 5,66,50,000 | 4,39,86,075 | 80,80,42,389 | 1,34,42,01,157 | 2,70,60,05,010 | 2,61,74,50,463 | 3,16,71,58,060 | 3,33,75,39,363 | 3,31,63,63,815 | 2,90,88,76,773 | 3,09,78,48,070 | 3,72,08,63,721 | 3,35,85,14,650 | ||||||
| Zambia | 50,80,00,000 | 19,31,28,453 | 24,48,24,132 | 55,97,88,508 | 2,09,37,53,266 | 2,32,40,18,127 | 3,04,22,23,849 | 2,68,38,13,403 | 3,07,83,62,297 | 2,96,76,26,716 | 2,35,27,19,004 | 2,08,20,83,920 | 1,56,92,29,906 | 1,44,86,24,290 | 1,20,34,48,374 | 2,75,38,75,454 | 2,96,75,65,317 | 3,17,31,77,777 |