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FX reserves (includes gold)

45 of 54 countries reporting · annual · World Bank

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Rank Country Value ascending As of vs previous
1 🇱🇾 Libya $104.7B 2025 ↑ $11.8B + compare
2 🇿🇦 South Africa $76B 2025 ↑ $10.6B + compare
3 🇩🇿 Algeria $72.5B 2025 ↓ $10.5B + compare
4 🇪🇬 Egypt $48.9B 2025 ↑ $4B + compare
5 🇲🇦 Morocco $48.5B 2025 ↑ $11.3B + compare
6 🇳🇬 Nigeria $46B 2025 ↑ $5.6B + compare
7 🇦🇴 Angola $13.5B 2025 ↓ $706.8M + compare
8 🇰🇪 Kenya $12.4B 2025 ↑ $2.3B + compare
9 🇲🇺 Mauritius $10.3B 2025 ↑ $1.8B + compare
10 🇹🇳 Tunisia $9.3B 2024 ↑ $103.9M + compare
11 🇨🇩 DR Congo $5.1B 2023 ↑ $726.1M + compare
12 🇨🇲 Cameroon $5.1B 2024 ↑ $179.5M + compare
13 🇹🇿 Tanzania $5B 2018 ↓ $838.2M + compare
14 🇬🇭 Ghana $4.5B 2024 ↑ $848.6M + compare
15 🇿🇲 Zambia $4.1B 2024 ↑ $916.7M + compare
16 🇲🇿 Mozambique $3.8B 2024 ↑ $205.8M + compare
17 🇪🇹 Ethiopia $3.8B 2024 ↑ $1.8B + compare
18 🇺🇬 Uganda $3.5B 2024 ↓ $456.2M + compare
19 🇧🇼 Botswana $3.5B 2024 ↓ $1.3B + compare
20 🇳🇦 Namibia $3.1B 2025 ↓ $251M + compare
21 🇲🇬 Madagascar $2.8B 2024 ↑ $152.6M + compare
22 🇲🇷 Mauritania $2B 2021 ↑ $545.4M + compare
23 🇷🇼 Rwanda $2B 2025 ↓ $443.8M + compare
24 🇹🇩 Chad $1.5B 2024 ↑ $497.8M + compare
25 🇬🇳 Guinea $1.3B 2024 ↓ $541.6M + compare
26 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde $1.3B 2025 ↑ $475.8M + compare
27 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea $1.1B 2024 ↓ $461.7M + compare
28 🇱🇸 Lesotho $1B 2024 ↑ $153.8M + compare
29 🇸🇨 Seychelles $773.7M 2024 ↑ $90.9M + compare
30 🇨🇬 Congo $758.6M 2024 ↑ $43.2M + compare
31 🇩🇯 Djibouti $655.7M 2025 ↑ $307M + compare
32 🇬🇦 Gabon $638.8M 2024 ↓ $808.6M + compare
33 🇬🇲 Gambia $628.8M 2024 ↑ $51.8M + compare
34 🇲🇼 Malawi $594.5M 2020 ↓ $252.3M + compare
35 🇸🇿 Eswatini $536.6M 2024 ↑ $57.3M + compare
36 🇨🇫 Central African Republic $489.3M 2024 ↑ $9.7M + compare
37 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe $485M 2024 ↑ $369.4M + compare
38 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone $433.3M 2024 ↓ $62.4M + compare
39 🇰🇲 Comoros $409.1M 2025 ↑ $85.1M + compare
40 🇱🇷 Liberia $338.8M 2025 ↓ $28.9M + compare
41 🇪🇷 Eritrea $191.7M 2019 ↑ $28.7M + compare
42 🇸🇩 Sudan $177.9M 2017 ↑ $9.6M + compare
43 🇧🇮 Burundi $90.3M 2023 ↓ $68.2M + compare
44 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe $58.8M 2024 ↑ $12.5M + compare
45 🇸🇸 South Sudan $16M 2024 ↓ $56.9M + compare
Median $2B median of shown

Credit ratings

Rank Country Fitch Moody's S&P
1 🇿🇦 South Africa BB Ba2 BB
2 🇪🇬 Egypt B Caa1 B
3 🇳🇬 Nigeria B B3 B
4 🇬🇭 Ghana B Caa1 B-
5 🇰🇪 Kenya B- B3 B

Sorted by median ordinal across available agencies (Fitch / Moody's / S&P scales aligned at equivalent notches); ties broken alphabetically by country. Grades are never averaged or converted to a blended score — ordinals stay ordinals.