Safeguards Assessments Completed to Date

Last updated: January 14, 2026

Safeguards Assessments, which apply to all member countries with arrangements for use of IMF resources approved after June 30, 2000, aim to provide reasonable assurance to the IMF that a central bank's framework of reporting and controls is adequate to manage resources, including IMF disbursements. Safeguards Assessments cover six key areas of control and governance within central banks, summarized by the acronym GELRIC, that is (i) Governance Arrangements; (ii) the External audit mechanism; (iii) the Legal structure and independence; (iv) the financial Reporting framework; (v) the Internal audit mechanism; and (vi) the internal Controls system. Member countries with arrangements in effect prior to June 30, 2000 were subject to an abbreviated assessment, which evaluated only the adequacy of the external audit mechanism. Safeguards Assessments completed to date are set out below:

 

Assessments completed since June 2000
414

 
YearCountriesYearly Total
2025Argentina, Democratic Republic of Congo, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Kenya5
2024Ecuador, The Gambia, Honduras, Jordan, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Paraguay, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia13
2023Armenia, Barbados, BCEAO, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea, Jamaica, Kosovo, Mauritania, Mongolia, Namibia, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Serbia, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Ukraine21
2022Albania, Argentina, Bangladesh, BEAC, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Eswatini, Georgia, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Zambia15
2021The Bahamas, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dominican Republic, ECCB, Ghana, Guinea, Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Montenegro, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Samoa, Seychelles, South Sudan, Suriname, Tajikistan, Tonga, Uganda25
2020Afghanistan, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Egypt, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Jordan, Liberia, Moldova, Mozambique, North Macedonia, Panama, Somalia, Tunisia16
2019Angola, Armenia, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Morocco, Pakistan, São Tomé and Príncipe, Ukraine10
2018Argentina, Barbados, BCEAO, The Gambia, Guinea, Malawi, Mauritania, Seychelles8
2017Afghanistan, BEAC, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ecuador, Egypt, Jamaica, Madagascar, Moldova, Mongolia, Sierra Leone10
2016ECCB, Guinea, Haiti, Iraq, Jordan, Mozambique, Nepal, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tunisia, Vanuatu13
2015Ghana, Honduras, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Liberia, Madagascar, Morocco, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Ukraine, Yemen12
2014Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Romania, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Ukraine9
2013BCEAO, BEAC, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Egypt, Jamaica, Jordan, Liberia, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tunisia, Yemen16
2012Burundi, Djibouti, ECCB, Gambia, Greece, Guinea, Kenya, Kosovo, Lesotho, Malawi, Solomon Islands, Tanzania12
2011Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Fiji, Georgia, Haiti, Honduras, Ireland, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Liberia, Macedonia, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, Yemen17
2010Angola, Armenia, BCEAO, Cambodia, Comoros, Democratic Rep. of the Congo, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Georgia, Greece, Iraq, Jamaica, Kosovo, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritania, Moldova, Mozambique, Pakistan, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Tajikistan, Zambia26
2009Armenia, BEAC, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Djibouti, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Kenya, Kyrgyz Rep., Latvia, Lebanon, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Romania, São Tomé and Príncipe, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, The Gambia, Ukraine, Zambia28
2008Afghanistan, Burundi, Cape Verde, Congo Dem. Rep., Georgia, Haiti, Honduras, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Seychelles, Tanzania15
2007Comoros, ECCB, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Liberia, Mauritania, Nicaragua, Peru, Rwanda, The Gambia, Uganda12
2006Afghanistan, Albania, Burundi, Croatia, Iraq, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Moldova, Paraguay, Sierra Leone11
2005Armenia, Bangladesh, BCEAO, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Turkey, Uruguay12
2004Argentina, BEAC, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Georgia, Honduras, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Peru, Romania, São Tomé and Príncipe, The Gambia, Ukraine, Zambia19
2003Bolivia, Colombia, Congo Dem. Rep., Croatia, Dominican Republic, ECCB, Ecuador, Ghana, Guyana, Jordan, Kenya, Lao People's Republic, Lesotho, Macedonia, Malawi, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uruguay24
2002Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, BCEAO, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Guinea, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Romania, Sierra Leone, Turkey22
2001Albania, BEAC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan16
Transitional AssessmentsArgentina, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Colombia, Djibouti, Estonia, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mauritania, Mozambique, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Romania, São Tomé and Príncipe, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Yemen, Zambia27