Fragile and conflict affected situations - Total reserves in months of imports

Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 14.04 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.76 in 2011 and a minimum value of 6.09 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
1980 9.30
1981 6.09
1985 10.18
1990 9.33
1991 8.30
1992 7.58
2000 13.29
2001 13.22
2002 10.75
2003 14.89
2004 14.47
2005 15.58
2006 18.66
2007 20.14
2008 18.15
2009 20.38
2010 19.02
2011 32.76
2012 20.02
2013 16.70
2014 15.03
2015 19.35
2016 28.21
2017 25.78
2018 22.77
2019 19.17
2020 14.04

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments