China - Total reserves in months of imports

Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in China was 14.87 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25.39 in 2009 and a minimum value of 3.15 in 1993.

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
1982 10.53
1983 11.33
1984 9.41
1985 4.90
1986 5.17
1987 6.72
1988 5.52
1989 5.08
1990 8.50
1991 10.11
1992 3.77
1993 3.15
1994 5.86
1995 6.33
1996 7.71
1997 15.36
1998 15.32
1999 13.64
2000 10.94
2001 12.63
2002 15.30
2003 11.44
2004 12.90
2005 14.17
2006 15.39
2007 18.10
2008 19.15
2009 25.39
2010 21.83
2011 19.13
2012 19.08
2013 19.54
2014 18.97
2015 17.94
2016 16.72
2017 15.42
2018 13.14
2019 13.75
2020 14.87

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments