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Foreign exchange reserves including gold, billion USD, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 19 countries was 6.08 billion U.S. dollars. The highest value was in South Africa: 62.49 billion U.S. dollars and the lowest value was in Burundi: 0.09 billion U.S. dollars. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: billion U.S. dollars; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Reserves, 2023 Global rank Available data
South Africa 62.49 1 1960 - 2023
Angola 13.94 2 1995 - 2023
Kenya 7.34 3 1965 - 2023
Mauritius 7.25 4 1960 - 2023
Botswana 4.76 5 1976 - 2023
Ghana 3.62 6 1960 - 2023
Mozambique 3.52 7 1984 - 2023
Namibia 2.96 8 1992 - 2023
Madagascar 2.63 9 1962 - 2023
Rwanda 1.83 10 1964 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 1.54 11 1982 - 2023
Cape Verde 0.82 12 1976 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.72 13 1960 - 2023
Gambia 0.58 14 1964 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0.5 15 1960 - 2023
Swaziland 0.48 16 1974 - 2023
Comoros 0.32 17 1980 - 2023
Zimbabwe 0.12 18 1966 - 2023
Burundi 0.09 19 1964 - 2023



Definition: 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. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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