Botswana - Total reserves in months of imports

Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in Botswana was 7.66 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.73 in 2001 and a minimum value of 2.80 in 1976.

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 2.80
1977 3.13
1978 3.79
1979 4.70
1980 4.20
1981 2.99
1982 4.11
1983 4.73
1984 5.65
1985 10.83
1986 13.81
1987 16.98
1988 15.01
1989 17.66
1990 15.93
1991 18.54
1992 19.40
1993 24.08
1994 24.78
1995 21.96
1996 23.51
1997 21.74
1998 23.69
1999 24.21
2000 24.86
2001 26.73
2002 21.46
2003 16.82
2004 13.99
2005 15.89
2006 20.55
2007 19.60
2008 15.73
2009 17.48
2010 12.40
2011 10.95
2012 9.85
2013 9.19
2014 10.27
2015 10.30
2016 10.23
2017 11.36
2018 8.69
2019 8.35
2020 7.66

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments