Press Release No. 97/63

Press Release: IMF Board Submits Resolution to Governors for 45 Percent Quota Increase

December 23, 1997

    The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has submitted a Report and Draft Resolution to the Board of Governors proposing an increase of 45 percent in IMF quotas to approximately SDR 212 billion (about US$287 billion) from SDR 146 billion (about US$197 billion). The Governors are asked to vote on the proposed Resolution, without meeting, by January 30, 1998. The adoption of the Resolution requires a majority of 85 percent of the total voting power of the IMF’s membership.

    The quotas proposed for each member were arrived at in the following manner: 75 percent of the overall increase will be distributed among all members in proportion to their existing quotas; 15 percent of the overall increase will be distributed in proportion to members shares in calculated quotas (based on 1994 data), so as to better reflect the relative economic positions of members; and the remaining 10 percent of the overall increase will be distributed among those members whose present quotas are out of line with their positions in the world economy (as measured by the excess of their share in calculated quotas over their share in actual quotas), of which 1 percent of the overall increase will be distributed among five members whose current quotas are far out of line with their relative economic positions, and which are in a position to contribute to the IMF’s liquidity over the medium term.

    Twenty-five percent of the increase in each member’s quota will be paid in SDRs, or in currencies of other members specified, with their concurrence, by the IMF. See table below.


    Eleventh General Review -- Proposed Quotas

    Fund of SDR 212.0 billion - Overall Increase of 45 Percent







    Ninth Review Quotas

    Proposed Quotas

    Countries ranked by Ninth Review quota

    Amount (In millions of SDRs)
    (1)

    Share

    (In percent)
    (2)

    Amount (In millions of SDRs)
    (3)

    Share

    (In percent)
    (4)






    UNITED STATES

    26526.8

    18.141

    37149.3

    17.521

    GERMANY

    8241.5

    5.636

    13008.2

    6.135

    JAPAN

    8241.5

    5.636

    13312.8

    6.279

    FRANCE

    7414.6

    5.071

    10738.5

    5.065

    UNITED KINGDOM

    7414.6

    5.071

    10738.5

    5.065






    SAUDI ARABIA

    5130.6

    3.509

    6985.5

    3.295

    ITALY

    4590.7

    3.139

    7055.5

    3.328

    CANADA

    4320.3

    2.955

    6369.2

    3.004

    RUSSIA

    4313.1

    2.95

    5945.4

    2.804

    NETHERLANDS

    3444.2

    2.355

    5162.4

    2.435






    CHINA

    3385.2

    2.315

    4687.2

    2.211

    BELGIUM

    3102.3

    2.122

    4605.2

    2.172

    INDIA

    3055.5

    2.09

    4158.2

    1.961

    SWITZERLAND

    2470.4

    1.689

    3458.5

    1.631

    AUSTRALIA

    2333.2

    1.596

    3236.4

    1.526






    BRAZIL

    2170.8

    1.485

    3036.1

    1.432

    VENEZUELA

    1951.3

    1.334

    2659.1

    1.254

    SPAIN

    1935.4

    1.324

    3048.9

    1.438

    MEXICO

    1753.3

    1.199

    2585.8

    1.22

    SWEDEN

    1614

    1.104

    2395.5

    1.13






    ARGENTINA

    1537.1

    1.051

    2117.1

    0.998

    INDONESIA

    1497.6

    1.024

    2079.3

    0.981

    SOUTH AFRICA

    1365.4

    0.934

    1868.5

    0.881

    NIGERIA

    1281.6

    0.876

    1753.2

    0.827

    AUSTRIA

    1188.3

    0.813

    1872.3

    0.883






    NORWAY

    1104.6

    0.755

    1671.7

    0.788

    IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

    1078.5

    0.738

    1497.2

    0.706

    DENMARK

    1069.9

    0.732

    1642.8

    0.775

    UKRAINE

    997.3

    0.682

    1372

    0.647

    KUWAIT

    995.2

    0.681

    1381.1

    0.651






    POLAND

    988.5

    0.676

    1369

    0.646

    ALGERIA

    914.4

    0.625

    1254.7

    0.592

    IRAQ

    864.8

    0.591

    1188.4

    0.56

    FINLAND

    861.8

    0.589

    1263.8

    0.596

    MALAYSIA

    832.7

    0.569

    1486.6

    0.701






    LIBYA

    817.6

    0.559

    1123.7

    0.53

    KOREA

    799.6

    0.547

    1633.6

    0.77

    PAKISTAN

    758.2

    0.519

    1033.7

    0.488

    HUNGARY

    754.8

    0.516

    1038.4

    0.49

    ROMANIA

    754.1

    0.516

    1030.2

    0.486






    EGYPT

    678.4

    0.464

    943.7

    0.445

    ISRAEL

    666.2

    0.456

    928.2

    0.438

    NEW ZEALAND

    650.1

    0.445

    894.6

    0.422

    TURKEY

    642

    0.439

    964

    0.455

    PHILIPPINES

    633.4

    0.433

    879.9

    0.415






    CHILE

    621.7

    0.425

    856.1

    0.404

    CZECH REPUBLIC

    589.6

    0.403

    819.3

    0.386

    GREECE

    587.6

    0.402

    823

    0.388

    THAILAND

    573.9

    0.392

    1081.9

    0.51

    COLOMBIA

    561.3

    0.384

    774

    0.365






    PORTUGAL

    557.6

    0.381

    867.4

    0.409

    IRELAND

    525

    0.359

    838.4

    0.395

    PERU

    466.1

    0.319

    638.4

    0.301

    BULGARIA

    464.9

    0.318

    640.2

    0.302

    MOROCCO

    427.7

    0.292

    588.2

    0.277






    CONGO, DEM. REPUBLIC OF THE

    394.8

    0.27

    533

    0.251

    BANGLADESH

    392.5

    0.268

    533.3

    0.252

    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

    392.1

    0.268

    611.7

    0.288

    ZAMBIA

    363.5

    0.249

    489.1

    0.231

    SINGAPORE

    357.6

    0.245

    862.5

    0.407






    SRI LANKA

    303.6

    0.208

    413.4

    0.195

    BELARUS

    280.4

    0.192

    386.4

    0.182

    GHANA

    274

    0.187

    369

    0.174

    CROATIA

    261.6

    0.179

    365.1

    0.172

    ZIMBABWE

    261.3

    0.179

    353.4

    0.167






    SLOVAK REPUBLIC

    257.4

    0.176

    357.5

    0.169

    KAZAKHSTAN

    247.5

    0.169

    365.7

    0.172

    TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

    246.8

    0.169

    335.6

    0.158

    VIETNAM

    241.6

    0.165

    329.1

    0.155

    CÔTE D'IVOIRE

    238.2

    0.163

    325.2

    0.153






    SUDAN

    233.1

    0.159

    315.1

    0.149

    URUGUAY

    225.3

    0.154

    306.5

    0.145

    ECUADOR

    219.2

    0.15

    302.3

    0.143

    SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

    209.9

    0.144

    293.6

    0.138

    ANGOLA

    207.3

    0.142

    286.3

    0.135






    TUNISIA

    206

    0.141

    286.5

    0.135

    JAMAICA

    200.9

    0.137

    273.5

    0.129

    UZBEKISTAN

    199.5

    0.136

    275.6

    0.13

    KENYA

    199.4

    0.136

    271.4

    0.128

    QATAR

    190.5

    0.13

    263.8

    0.124






    MYANMAR

    184.9

    0.126

    258.4

    0.122

    YEMEN, REPUBLIC OF

    176.5

    0.121

    243.5

    0.115

    DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

    158.8

    0.109

    218.9

    0.103

    GUATEMALA

    153.8

    0.105

    210.2

    0.099

    SLOVENIA

    150.5

    0.103

    231.7

    0.109






    BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

    150

    0.103

    215.2

    0.101

    PANAMA

    149.6

    0.102

    206.6

    0.097

    TANZANIA

    146.9

    0.1

    198.9

    0.094

    LEBANON

    146

    0.1

    203

    0.096

    LUXEMBOURG

    135.5

    0.093

    279.1

    0.132






    CAMEROON

    135.1

    0.092

    185.7

    0.088

    UGANDA

    133.9

    0.092

    180.5

    0.085

    BOLIVIA

    126.2

    0.086

    171.5

    0.081

    EL SALVADOR

    125.6

    0.086

    171.3

    0.081

    JORDAN

    121.7

    0.083

    170.5

    0.08






    BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

    121.2

    0.083

    169.1

    0.08

    AFGHANISTAN, ISLAMIC STATE OF

    120.4

    0.082

    161.9

    0.076

    OMAN

    119.4

    0.082

    194

    0.091

    COSTA RICA

    119

    0.081

    164.1

    0.077

    SENEGAL

    118.9

    0.081

    161.8

    0.076






    AZERBAIJAN

    117

    0.08

    160.9

    0.076

    GEORGIA

    111

    0.076

    150.3

    0.071

    GABON

    110.3

    0.075

    154.3

    0.073

    LITHUANIA

    103.5

    0.071

    144.2

    0.068

    CYPRUS

    100

    0.068

    139.6

    0.066






    NAMIBIA

    99.6

    0.068

    136.5

    0.064

    ETHIOPIA

    98.3

    0.067

    133.7

    0.063

    LIBERIA

    96.2

    0.066

    129.2

    0.061

    NICARAGUA

    96.1

    0.066

    130

    0.061

    PAPUA NEW GUINEA

    95.3

    0.065

    131.6

    0.062






    HONDURAS

    95

    0.065

    129.5

    0.061

    BAHAMAS, THE

    94.9

    0.065

    130.3

    0.061

    LATVIA

    91.5

    0.063

    126.8

    0.06

    MADAGASCAR

    90.4

    0.062

    122.2

    0.058

    MOLDOVA

    90

    0.062

    123.2

    0.058






    ICELAND

    85.3

    0.058

    117.6

    0.055

    MOZAMBIQUE

    84

    0.057

    113.6

    0.054

    BAHRAIN

    82.8

    0.057

    135

    0.064

    GUINEA

    78.7

    0.054

    107.1

    0.051

    SIERRA LEONE

    77.2

    0.053

    103.7

    0.049






    MAURITIUS

    73.3

    0.05

    101.6

    0.048

    PARAGUAY

    72.1

    0.049

    99.9

    0.047

    MALI

    68.9

    0.047

    93.3

    0.044

    SURINAME

    67.6

    0.046

    92.1

    0.043

    ARMENIA

    67.5

    0.046

    92

    0.043






    MALTA

    67.5

    0.046

    102

    0.048

    GUYANA

    67.2

    0.046

    90.9

    0.043

    CAMBODIA

    65

    0.044

    87.5

    0.041

    KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

    64.5

    0.044

    88.8

    0.042

    SOMALIA

    60.9

    0.042

    81.7

    0.039






    HAITI

    60.7

    0.042

    81.9

    0.039

    TAJIKISTAN

    60

    0.041

    87

    0.041

    RWANDA

    59.5

    0.041

    80.1

    0.038

    CONGO, REPUBLIC OF

    57.9

    0.04

    84.6

    0.04

    BURUNDI

    57.2

    0.039

    77

    0.036






    TOGO

    54.3

    0.037

    73.4

    0.035

    NEPAL

    52

    0.036

    71.3

    0.034

    FIJI

    51.1

    0.035

    70.3

    0.033

    MALAWI

    50.9

    0.035

    69.4

    0.033

    MACEDONIA, FYR

    49.6

    0.034

    68.9

    0.032






    BARBADOS

    48.9

    0.033

    67.5

    0.032

    NIGER

    48.3

    0.033

    65.8

    0.031

    TURKMENISTAN

    48

    0.033

    75.2

    0.035

    MAURITANIA

    47.5

    0.032

    64.4

    0.03

    ESTONIA

    46.5

    0.032

    65.2

    0.031






    BENIN

    45.3

    0.031

    61.9

    0.029

    BURKINA FASO

    44.2

    0.03

    60.2

    0.028

    CHAD

    41.3

    0.028

    56

    0.026

    CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

    41.2

    0.028

    55.7

    0.026

    LAO PEOPLE'S DEM. REPUBLIC

    39.1

    0.027

    52.9

    0.025






    MONGOLIA

    37.1

    0.025

    51.1

    0.024

    BOTSWANA

    36.6

    0.025

    63

    0.03

    SWAZILAND

    36.5

    0.025

    50.7

    0.024

    ALBANIA

    35.3

    0.024

    48.7

    0.023

    EQUATORIAL GUINEA

    24.3

    0.017

    32.6

    0.015






    LESOTHO

    23.9

    0.016

    34.9

    0.016

    GAMBIA, THE

    22.9

    0.016

    31.1

    0.015

    BELIZE

    13.5

    0.009

    18.8

    0.009

    VANUATU

    12.5

    0.009

    17

    0.008

    DJIBOUTI

    11.5

    0.008

    15.9

    0.007






    ERITREA

    11.5

    0.008

    15.9

    0.007

    ST. LUCIA

    11

    0.008

    15.3

    0.007

    GUINEA-BISSAU

    10.5

    0.007

    14.2

    0.007

    SAN MARINO

    10

    0.007

    17

    0.008

    ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

    8.5

    0.006

    13.5

    0.006






    GRENADA

    8.5

    0.006

    11.7

    0.006

    SAMOA

    8.5

    0.006

    11.6

    0.005

    SOLOMON ISLANDS

    7.5

    0.005

    10.4

    0.005

    CAPE VERDE

    7

    0.005

    9.6

    0.005

    COMOROS

    6.5

    0.004

    8.9

    0.004






    ST. KITTS AND NEVIS

    6.5

    0.004

    8.9

    0.004

    DOMINICA

    6

    0.004

    8.2

    0.004

    SEYCHELLES

    6

    0.004

    8.8

    0.004

    ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

    6

    0.004

    8.3

    0.004

    MALDIVES

    5.5

    0.004

    8.2

    0.004






    SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE

    5.5

    0.004

    7.4

    0.003

    TONGA

    5

    0.003

    6.9

    0.003

    BHUTAN

    4.5

    0.003

    6.3

    0.003

    KIRIBATI

    4

    0.002735491

    5.6

    0.0026411

    MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF

    3.5

    0.002393554

    5.1

    0.0024053






    MARSHALL ISLANDS

    2.5

    0.001709682

    3.5

    0.0016507

    PALAU, REPUBLIC OF

    2.25

    0.001538714

    3.1

    0.0014621






    Memorandum Item:





    FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA





    (SERBIA/MONTENEGRO)

    335.4

    0.229370895

    467.7

    0.220583033






    Total

    146226.05

    100

    212029

    100









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