Libya topped the list of African countries with the highest foreign reserves until the end of 2021, with reserves exceeding 84.6 billion dollars, surpassing South Africa, which came second with reserves of about 57.6 billion dollars, and Algeria, which came third, with reserves exceeding 56.2 billion dollars.
According to World Bank data, the fourth place in Africa in foreign exchange reserves was the Arab Republic of Egypt with reserves amounting to 39.8 billion dollars, followed by Nigeria with reserves exceeding 36.7 billion dollars, then Morocco with reserves of 35.6 billion dollars, then Angola and Kenya, and Tunisia ranked ninth Africa with reserves of more than 8.8 billion dollars, and finally Ghana in tenth place.