SDR Allocation in 2021, and Other Sources of Support, by Country Groupings (USD Billions)

The 2021 allocation of Special Drawing Rights represented the best source of economic support for countries overall but falls short of what is needed

The exchange rate used is SDR 1=1.4 USD. Countries in the sample are the 119 low- and middle-income countries included in the World Bank’s International Debt Statistics database. The pandemic fiscal response equivalent to advanced economies is the amount of fiscal support this set of countries would have if it were proportional, by GDP, to the amounts that advanced economies created in response to the pandemic. Data for the amount of relief under DSSI for 2021 is not yet available; it is assumed to be the same as 2020. Thirty-one countries received support under CCRT; at least 37 received support under DSSI.