Special Drawing Rights
General and Special SDR Allocations
Last Updated: July 28, 2017
A general allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) equivalent to about US$250 billion became effective on August 28, 2009. The allocation is designed to provide liquidity to the global economic system by supplementing the Fund’s member countries’ foreign exchange reserves.
The general SDR allocation was made to IMF members that are participants in the Special Drawing Rights Department (currently all 186 members) in proportion to their existing quotas in the Fund, which are based broadly on their relative size in the global economy.
Separately, the Fourth Amendment to the IMF Articles of Agreement providing for a special one-time allocation of SDRs entered into force on August 10, 2009. The special allocation was made to IMF members on September 9, 2009. The total of SDRs created under the special allocation was SDR 21.5 billion (about US$34 billion; see column 3 in the table below).
| General and Special SDR Allocations (in millions of SDRs) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Member Country | General SDR Allocation1,3 | Special SDR Allocation2 | Total3 |
| Afghanistan, Islamic State of | 120.0 | 8.6 | 128.6 |
| Albania * | 36.1 | 10.3 | 46.5 |
| Algeria | 930.1 | 139.4 | 1,069.5 |
| Angola * | 212.2 | 60.8 | 273.0 |
| Antigua and Barbuda * | 10.0 | 2.5 | 12.5 |
| Argentina | 1,569.4 | 132.2 | 1,701.7 |
| Armenia * | 68.2 | 19.8 | 88.0 |
| Australia | 2,399.2 | 213.5 | 2,612.6 |
| Austria | 1,388.0 | 169.3 | 1,557.3 |
| Azerbaijan * | 119.3 | 34.3 | 153.6 |
| Bahamas, The | 96.6 | 17.6 | 114.2 |
| Bahrain | 100.1 | 18.1 | 118.2 |
| Bangladesh | 395.3 | 67.9 | 463.3 |
| Barbados | 50.0 | 6.3 | 56.3 |
| Belarus * | 286.4 | 82.2 | 368.6 |
| Belgium | 3,413.9 | 424.2 | 3,838.1 |
| Belize * | 13.9 | 4.0 | 17.9 |
| Benin | 45.9 | 3.9 | 49.8 |
| Bhutan * | 4.7 | 1.3 | 6.0 |
| Bolivia | 127.1 | 10.3 | 137.4 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 125.4 | 15.0 | 140.4 |
| Botswana | 46.7 | 6.4 | 53.1 |
| Brazil | 2,250.7 | 277.7 | 2,528.4 |
| Brunei Darussalam * | 159.5 | 44.0 | 203.5 |
| Bulgaria * | 474.6 | 136.3 | 610.9 |
| Burkina Faso | 44.6 | 3.5 | 48.2 |
| Burundi | 57.1 | 3.1 | 60.2 |
| Cambodia | 64.9 | 3.6 | 68.5 |
| Cameroon | 137.7 | 15.1 | 152.8 |
| Canada | 4,721.6 | 487.2 | 5,208.8 |
| Cape Verde | 7.1 | 1.4 | 8.5 |
| Central African Republic | 41.3 | 2.8 | 44.0 |
| Chad | 41.5 | 2.7 | 44.2 |
| Chile | 634.6 | 60.3 | 695.0 |
| China | 5,997.3 | 755.6 | 6,752.9 |
| Colombia | 573.8 | 50.3 | 624.1 |
| Comoros | 6.6 | 1.2 | 7.8 |
| Congo, Dem. Republic of | 395.1 | 29.4 | 424.5 |
| Congo, Republic of | 62.7 | 7.3 | 70.0 |
| Costa Rica | 121.6 | 11.2 | 132.8 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 241.1 | 32.0 | 273.1 |
| Croatia | 270.7 | 32.5 | 303.1 |
| Cyprus | 103.5 | 9.9 | 113.4 |
| Czech Republic * | 607.4 | 172.8 | 780.2 |
| Denmark | 1,217.8 | 134.8 | 1,352.6 |
| Djibouti | 11.8 | 2.2 | 14.0 |
| Dominica | 6.1 | 1.2 | 7.2 |
| Dominican Republic | 162.3 | 15.0 | 177.2 |
| Ecuador | 224.1 | 31.3 | 255.4 |
| Egypt | 699.6 | 63.0 | 762.5 |
| El Salvador | 127.0 | 11.8 | 138.8 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 24.2 | 1.3 | 25.5 |
| Eritrea * | 11.8 | 3.4 | 15.2 |
| Estonia * | 48.3 | 13.6 | 62.0 |
| Ethiopia | 99.1 | 17.7 | 116.8 |
| Fiji | 52.1 | 8.0 | 60.1 |
| Finland | 936.9 | 110.0 | 1,046.8 |
| France | 7,960.6 | 1,093.8 | 9,054.3 |
| Gabon | 114.4 | 18.2 | 132.6 |
| Gambia, The | 23.1 | 1.6 | 24.6 |
| Georgia * | 111.4 | 32.5 | 144.0 |
| Germany | 9,643.1 | 1,205.3 | 10,848.4 |
| Ghana | 273.5 | 17.3 | 290.9 |
| Greece | 610.1 | 68.7 | 678.8 |
| Grenada | 8.7 | 1.6 | 10.2 |
| Guatemala | 155.8 | 17.4 | 173.2 |
| Guinea | 79.4 | 5.5 | 84.9 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 10.5 | 1.9 | 12.4 |
| Guyana | 67.4 | 5.2 | 72.6 |
| Haiti | 60.7 | 4.1 | 64.8 |
| Honduras | 96.0 | 8.8 | 104.8 |
| Hungary * | 769.8 | 221.3 | 991.1 |
| Iceland | 87.2 | 8.6 | 95.8 |
| India | 3,082.5 | 214.6 | 3,297.1 |
| Indonesia | 1,541.4 | 200.1 | 1,741.5 |
| Iran | 1,109.9 | 72.1 | 1,182.0 |
| Iraq | 881.0 | 185.1 | 1,066.0 |
| Ireland | 621.5 | 66.6 | 688.2 |
| Israel | 688.1 | 88.9 | 777.0 |
| Italy | 5,230.3 | 643.4 | 5,873.7 |
| Jamaica | 202.7 | 18.3 | 221.0 |
| Japan | 9,868.9 | 1,524.4 | 11,393.3 |
| Jordan | 126.4 | 18.8 | 145.2 |
| Kazakhstan * | 271.1 | 72.6 | 343.7 |
| Kenya | 201.2 | 21.5 | 222.7 |
| Kiribati * | 4.2 | 1.2 | 5.3 |
| Korea | 2,170.0 | 161.5 | 2,331.5 |
| Kosovo * | 43.7 | 11.6 | 55.4 |
| Kuwait | 1,023.8 | 265.0 | 1,288.8 |
| Kyrgyz Republic * | 65.8 | 18.9 | 84.7 |
| Lao, People's Dem. Republic | 39.2 | 2.1 | 41.3 |
| Latvia * | 94.0 | 26.8 | 120.8 |
| Lebanon | 150.5 | 38.4 | 188.9 |
| Lesotho | 25.9 | 3.3 | 29.1 |
| Liberia | 95.8 | 7.2 | 103.0 |
| Libya | 833.0 | 180.9 | 1,013.9 |
| Lithuania * | 106.9 | 30.3 | 137.2 |
| Luxembourg | 206.9 | 22.8 | 229.7 |
| Macedonia, FYR | 51.1 | 6.2 | 57.2 |
| Madagascar | 90.6 | 7.2 | 97.8 |
| Malawi | 51.4 | 3.9 | 55.4 |
| Malaysia | 1,102.0 | 105.1 | 1,207.1 |
| Maldives | 6.1 | 1.3 | 7.4 |
| Mali | 69.2 | 4.3 | 73.5 |
| Malta | 75.6 | 8.5 | 84.1 |
| Marshall Islands * | 2.6 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| Mauritania | 47.7 | 4.2 | 51.9 |
| Mauritius | 75.3 | 5.7 | 81.1 |
| Mexico | 2,337.2 | 224.0 | 2,561.2 |
| Micronesia, Fed. States of * | 3.8 | 1.0 | 4.8 |
| Moldova * | 91.3 | 26.4 | 117.7 |
| Mongolia * | 37.9 | 10.9 | 48.8 |
| Montenegro * | 20.4 | 5.4 | 25.8 |
| Morocco | 436.0 | 39.7 | 475.7 |
| Mozambique * | 84.2 | 24.6 | 108.8 |
| Myanmar | 191.6 | 10.7 | 202.3 |
| Namibia * | 101.2 | 29.2 | 130.4 |
| Nepal | 52.9 | 7.1 | 60.0 |
| Netherlands | 3,826.9 | 479.4 | 4,306.3 |
| New Zealand | 663.2 | 49.3 | 712.4 |
| Nicaragua | 96.4 | 8.7 | 105.1 |
| Niger | 48.8 | 4.8 | 53.5 |
| Nigeria | 1,299.7 | 218.6 | 1,518.2 |
| Norway | 1,239.2 | 156.1 | 1,395.3 |
| Oman | 143.8 | 28.7 | 172.6 |
| Pakistan | 766.3 | 52.3 | 818.6 |
| Palau, Republic of * | 2.3 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| Panama | 153.2 | 17.5 | 170.7 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97.6 | 18.6 | 116.2 |
| Paraguay | 74.1 | 7.4 | 81.5 |
| Peru | 473.3 | 45.3 | 518.6 |
| Philippines | 652.3 | 69.1 | 721.4 |
| Poland * | 1,014.9 | 289.8 | 1,304.6 |
| Portugal | 643.0 | 110.1 | 753.2 |
| Qatar | 195.6 | 43.0 | 238.6 |
| Romania | 763.7 | 145.1 | 908.8 |
| Russia * | 4,407.4 | 1,264.4 | 5,671.8 |
| Rwanda | 59.4 | 3.7 | 63.1 |
| Samoa | 8.6 | 1.3 | 9.9 |
| San Marino * | 12.6 | 2.9 | 15.5 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 5.5 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5,178.4 | 1,308.5 | 6,487.0 |
| Senegal | 119.9 | 10.4 | 130.3 |
| Serbia | 346.7 | 41.7 | 388.4 |
| Seychelles | 6.5 | 1.4 | 7.9 |
| Sierra Leone | 76.9 | 5.2 | 82.1 |
| Singapore | 639.4 | 88.4 | 727.7 |
| Slovak Republic * | 265.0 | 75.5 | 340.5 |
| Slovenia | 171.8 | 18.7 | 190.5 |
| Solomon Islands | 7.7 | 1.5 | 9.3 |
| Somalia | 32.8 | 4.2 | 36.9 |
| South Africa | 1,385.1 | 179.9 | 1,565.1 |
| Spain | 2,260.2 | 268.6 | 2,528.8 |
| Sri Lanka | 306.5 | 18.1 | 324.6 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis * | 6.6 | 1.9 | 8.5 |
| St. Lucia | 11.3 | 2.5 | 13.8 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.2 | 1.4 | 7.6 |
| Sudan | 125.8 | 16.1 | 141.9 |
| Suriname | 68.3 | 12.1 | 80.3 |
| Swaziland | 37.6 | 4.3 | 41.9 |
| Sweden | 1,775.8 | 226.6 | 2,002.4 |
| Switzerland * | 2,563.8 | 724.2 | 3,288.0 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 217.6 | 25.0 | 242.6 |
| Tajikistan * | 64.5 | 17.6 | 82.1 |
| Tanzania | 147.4 | 11.7 | 159.1 |
| Thailand | 802.0 | 83.6 | 885.6 |
| Timor-Leste * | 6.1 | 1.6 | 7.7 |
| Togo | 54.4 | 4.9 | 59.4 |
| Tonga * | 5.1 | 1.5 | 6.6 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 248.8 | 26.1 | 274.9 |
| Tunisia | 212.4 | 26.1 | 238.5 |
| Turkey | 883.1 | 75.9 | 959.0 |
| Turkmenistan * | 55.7 | 14.1 | 69.8 |
| Uganda | 133.8 | 9.9 | 143.7 |
| Ukraine * | 1,017.1 | 292.4 | 1,309.4 |
| United Arab Emirates | 453.5 | 76.2 | 529.7 |
| United Kingdom | 7,960.6 | 260.6 | 8,221.1 |
| United States | 27,539.1 | 2,877.0 | 30,416.2 |
| Uruguay | 227.2 | 16.1 | 243.3 |
| Uzbekistan * | 204.3 | 58.5 | 262.8 |
| Vanuatu * | 12.6 | 3.7 | 16.3 |
| Venezuela | 1,971.2 | 255.1 | 2,226.4 |
| Vietnam | 244.0 | 23.2 | 267.1 |
| Yemen, Republic of | 180.5 | 23.0 | 203.5 |
| Zambia | 362.6 | 38.3 | 400.8 |
| Zimbabwe | 262.0 | 66.4 | 328.4 |
| Total3 | 161,184.33 | 21,452.7 | 182,637.0 |
| Source: IMF Finance Department. | |||
| 1/ The general allocation of 74.1309799813 percent of quotas will take place on August 28, 2009. | |||
| 2/ Provided under the Fourth Amendment of the Articles of Agreement; will take place on September 9, 2009. | |||
| 3/Assuming that no members opt out. | |||
| * Countries that will receive allocations for the first time as a result of both the General and Special SDR Allocation. | |||