Malta - Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in Malta was 0.37 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.79 in 1978 and a minimum value of 0.16 in 2008.

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
1971 12.39
1972 16.17
1973 15.11
1974 13.51
1975 15.04
1976 16.44
1977 15.81
1978 17.79
1979 15.66
1980 12.62
1981 14.04
1982 15.79
1983 17.43
1984 15.66
1985 14.97
1986 14.34
1987 13.97
1988 11.06
1989 9.46
1990 7.58
1991 6.50
1992 5.55
1993 6.21
1994 7.42
1995 5.23
1996 5.42
1997 5.24
1998 5.26
1999 4.63
2000 3.53
2001 4.84
2002 6.15
2003 6.47
2004 4.19
2005 3.05
2006 2.49
2007 2.10
2008 0.16
2009 0.27
2010 0.28
2011 0.21
2012 0.30
2013 0.24
2014 0.25
2015 0.25
2016 0.29
2017 0.34
2018 0.40
2019 0.37
2020 0.37

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments