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Table B-107.--International reserves, selected years, 1952-95
[Millions of SDRs; end of period]
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1995
Area and country                            1952     1962     1972      1982      1992      1993      1994   -------------------
Oct       Nov
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All countries...................................................   49,388   62,851   146,658   361,209   725,550   789,096   844,242   936,928  ........

Industrial countries \1\........................................   39,280   53,502   113,362   214,025   424,229   440,423   460,716   509,312   511,036

United States.................................................   24,714   17,220    12,112    29,918    52,995    54,558    52,510    59,458    59,431
Canada........................................................    1,944    2,561     5,572     3,439     8,662     9,299     8,552    10,520    10,134
Australia.....................................................      920    1,168     5,656     6,053     8,429     8,359     8,007     7,694     8,232
Japan.........................................................    1,101    2,021    16,916    22,001    52,937    72,577    87,062   122,454   123,372
New Zealand...................................................      183      251       767       577     2,239     2,430     2,540     2,761     2,906

Austria.......................................................      116    1,081     2,505     5,544     9,703    11,288    12,165    13,908    13,754
Belgium.......................................................    1,133    1,753     3,564     4,757    10,914     9,187    10,382    11,293    11,278
Denmark.......................................................      150      256       787     2,111     8,090     7,557     6,260     7,108     7,152
Finland.......................................................      132      237       664     1,420     3,862     4,009     7,374     6,762     7,215
France........................................................      686    4,049     9,224    17,850    22,522    19,354    20,851    21,063    21,173

Germany.......................................................      960    6,958    21,908    43,909    69,489    59,856    56,325    59,324    59,992
Greece........................................................       94      287       950       916     3,606     5,792    10,222    10,193     9,763
Iceland.......................................................        8       32        78       133       364       312       202       227       208
Ireland.......................................................      318      359     1,038     2,390     2,514     4,326     4,201     5,659     5,522
Italy.........................................................      722    4,068     5,605    15,108    22,438    22,387    24,435    24,655  ........
Netherlands...................................................      953    1,943     4,407    10,723    17,492    24,046    24,872    25,239    24,452

Norway........................................................      164      304     1,220     6,273     8,725    14,327    13,074    15,700    15,742
Portugal......................................................      603      680     2,129     1,179    14,474    12,094    11,189  ........  ........
Spain.........................................................      134    1,045     4,618     7,450    33,640    30,429    29,021    23,447    23,567
Sweden........................................................      504      802     1,453     3,397    16,667    14,081    16,141    15,725    15,566
Switzerland...................................................    1,667    2,919     6,961    16,930    27,100    26,674    26,704    25,251    26,034
United Kingdom................................................    1,956    3,308     5,201    11,904    27,300    27,420    28,739  ........  ........

Developing countries: Total \2\.................................    9,648    9,349    33,295   147,184   301,321   348,673   383,526   427,616  ........

By area:

Africa......................................................    1,786    2,110     3,962     7,737    12,826    13,778    16,367    16,504    17,621
Asia \2\....................................................    3,793    2,772     8,129    44,490   164,403   190,810   229,296   249,709  ........
Europe......................................................      269      381     2,680     5,359    15,171    17,176    19,374    31,130    30,735
Middle East.................................................    1,183    1,805     9,436    64,039    44,151    47,319    46,341    50,309    50,394
Western Hemisphere..........................................    2,616    2,282     9,089    25,563    64,770    79,589    72,148    79,964    82,161

Memo:

Oil-exporting countries.....................................    1,699    2,030     9,956    67,108    46,144    46,532    44,445    44,369    44,563
Non-oil developing countries \2\............................    7,949    7,319    23,339    80,076   255,177   302,141   339,081   383,247  ........
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\1\ Includes data for Luxembourg.
\2\ Includes data for Taiwan Province of China.

Note.--International reserves is comprised of monetary authorities' holdings of gold (at SDR 35 per ounce), special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve
positions in the International Monetary Fund, and foreign exchange. Data exclude U.S.S.R., other Eastern European countries, and Cuba (after 1960).
U.S. dollars per SDR (end of period) are: 1952 and 1962--1.00000; 1972--1.08571; 1982--1.10311; 1992--1.37500; 1993--1.37356; 1994--1.45985; October
1995--1.49455; and November 1995--1.48615.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.