Bolivia - Total reserves in months of imports

Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in Bolivia was 7.08 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.97 in 2009 and a minimum value of 3.38 in 1981.

Definition: Total reserves comprise holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights, reserves of IMF members held by the IMF, and holdings of foreign exchange under the control of monetary authorities. The gold component of these reserves is valued at year-end (December 31) London prices. This item shows reserves expressed in terms of the number of months of imports of goods and services they could pay for [Reserves/(Imports/12)].

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1976 3.53
1977 4.47
1978 3.56
1979 4.79
1980 5.97
1981 3.38
1982 5.94
1983 5.34
1984 5.76
1985 5.38
1986 5.27
1987 5.26
1988 5.02
1989 5.16
1990 4.53
1991 3.65
1992 3.67
1993 4.17
1994 6.13
1995 6.67
1996 7.94
1997 6.92
1998 5.88
1999 6.40
2000 5.82
2001 5.95
2002 4.50
2003 5.44
2004 5.47
2005 6.41
2006 9.37
2007 12.75
2008 13.91
2009 16.97
2010 16.39
2011 14.54
2012 14.29
2013 13.18
2014 12.34
2015 11.91
2016 10.45
2017 9.42
2018 7.91
2019 5.99
2020 7.08

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments