Afghanistan - Total reserves in months of imports

Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in Afghanistan was 16.63 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.63 in 2020 and a minimum value of 4.45 in 1984.

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
1979 14.07
1980 12.20
1981 7.31
1982 8.47
1983 6.57
1984 4.45
1985 6.76
1986 5.63
1987 8.36
1988 9.13
1989 10.30
2008 9.43
2009 12.21
2010 10.46
2011 10.34
2012 8.68
2013 8.59
2014 10.70
2015 9.77
2016 11.83
2017 12.13
2018 12.18
2019 13.75
2020 16.63

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments