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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.

Total reserves including gold in current prices (US dollars)

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Nigeria223,498,2704,128,789,61810,099,448,19828,632,051,71733,305,051,21633,691,784,43644,973,806,13243,675,023,63835,070,259,87429,011,450,14428,020,197,61940,499,220,79642,838,869,12538,335,890,47936,729,565,81840,476,363,16735,563,949,95532,034,797,23738,612,493,467
Cabo Verde76,969,36528,196,819174,391,987382,190,200338,617,823375,841,715475,334,069510,930,777494,495,561572,736,753617,362,330606,003,781737,990,665735,084,797769,650,451729,566,304837,880,565783,105,558
Ghana42,579,200309,313,691308,900,8981,897,057,0405,158,151,6295,913,600,0375,835,098,3285,587,739,1265,563,709,2715,742,645,8865,866,729,5967,015,187,1606,294,851,5647,563,210,3417,884,091,5399,916,916,9005,205,457,2123,623,904,995
Liberia267,70725,395,461442,033,414506,827,131574,181,706589,723,180498,992,033560,742,588586,024,560585,997,777332,150,948297,070,853340,965,881700,828,780599,660,418
Sierra Leone39,360,0005,428,45349,207,274170,505,508408,971,756439,130,953477,987,068532,538,017600,784,544579,013,521497,242,647549,121,051501,210,760530,137,881707,703,898945,907,747624,496,475495,698,794
Gambia, The8,110,00055,386,775109,431,11998,312,849201,627,627223,241,853236,241,441210,553,599159,330,829111,040,20387,635,582169,969,976191,773,261256,957,422387,046,404652,670,952568,244,498577,028,229