Algeria - Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in Algeria was 15.43 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 43 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36.78 in 2010 and a minimum value of 2.61 in 1990.

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
1977 3.46
1978 3.66
1979 5.49
1980 5.82
1981 4.64
1982 4.01
1983 3.45
1984 2.79
1985 4.25
1986 3.91
1987 5.17
1988 3.61
1989 3.15
1990 2.61
1991 3.90
2005 22.79
2006 30.16
2007 35.40
2008 32.07
2009 33.79
2010 36.78
2011 34.82
2012 34.31
2013 32.78
2014 28.19
2015 25.86
2016 22.58
2017 19.37
2018 15.93
2019 14.47
2020 15.43

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments