Total reserves in months of imports - Country Ranking

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: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Libya 39.25 2019
2 Saudi Arabia 29.86 2020
3 Lebanon 28.96 2020
4 Switzerland 22.55 2020
5 Russia 18.67 2020
6 Japan 18.60 2020
7 Vanuatu 18.12 2020
8 Peru 17.88 2020
9 Israel 17.60 2021
10 Macao SAR, China 17.40 2020
11 Uzbekistan 17.21 2020
12 Afghanistan 16.63 2020
13 Algeria 15.43 2020
14 China 14.87 2020
15 Solomon Islands 13.75 2020
16 Kuwait 13.43 2020
17 Bhutan 13.26 2020
18 Uruguay 13.25 2020
19 India 12.93 2020
20 Thailand 12.06 2020
21 Trinidad and Tobago 11.79 2020
22 Syrian Arab Republic 11.66 2010
23 Brazil 11.49 2021
24 Iraq 11.36 2020
25 Czech Republic 11.17 2020
26 Tonga 11.03 2020
27 Bulgaria 10.94 2020
28 Cambodia 10.32 2020
29 Guatemala 10.20 2020
30 Comoros 10.18 2020
31 Iceland 10.12 2020
32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.11 2020
33 The Gambia 10.02 2021
34 Central African Republic 9.63 1994
35 Philippines 9.58 2021
36 St. Kitts and Nevis 9.47 2020
37 Paraguay 9.39 2020
38 Croatia 9.35 2020
39 Albania 9.16 2020
40 Morocco 8.89 2020
41 Timor-Leste 8.66 2020
42 Honduras 8.34 2020
43 Cabo Verde 8.21 2020
44 Colombia 8.21 2021
45 Jordan 8.15 2016
46 Samoa 8.12 2020
47 Angola 8.03 2020
48 Mauritius 7.96 2020
49 Kyrgyz Republic 7.80 2020
50 Botswana 7.66 2020
51 Korea 7.65 2021
52 Hong Kong SAR, China 7.56 2020
53 The Bahamas 7.36 2020
54 Argentina 7.14 2020
55 South Africa 7.13 2020
56 Jamaica 7.09 2020
57 Moldova 7.09 2020
58 Bolivia 7.08 2020
59 Dominica 7.02 2020
60 Brunei 6.91 2020
61 Kazakhstan 6.88 2020
62 Indonesia 6.78 2021
63 Qatar 6.77 2020
64 Nepal 6.75 2021
65 Singapore 6.52 2021
66 Norway 6.46 2020
67 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 6.42 2020
68 Bangladesh 6.29 2021
69 Serbia 6.13 2020
70 Mongolia 6.10 2020
71 Nicaragua 6.07 2020
72 Montenegro 6.05 2021
73 Iran 5.82 1982
74 Sierra Leone 5.82 2020
75 Rwanda 5.71 2020
76 Panama 5.61 2020
77 Poland 5.60 2020
78 Madagascar 5.59 2020
79 Egypt 5.56 2020
80 Tunisia 5.55 2020
81 Nigeria 5.54 2020
82 Armenia 5.53 2020
83 Mozambique 5.53 2020
84 São Tomé and Principe 5.52 2020
85 Romania 5.46 2020
86 Chile 5.43 2020
87 Tanzania 5.41 2018
88 Oman 5.40 2020
89 Namibia 5.40 2020
90 Dominican Republic 5.33 2020
91 Malaysia 5.32 2021
92 Mexico 5.22 2020
93 Grenada 5.21 2020
94 Azerbaijan 5.13 2020
95 Kenya 5.07 2020
96 Haiti 5.04 2018
97 Papua New Guinea 4.89 2018
98 Liberia 4.79 2019
99 Seychelles 4.75 2020
100 Tajikistan 4.73 2019
101 Italy 4.73 2020
102 Mauritania 4.64 2020
103 Denmark 4.59 2020
104 Turkey 4.57 2020
105 Cameroon 4.43 2018
106 Georgia 4.40 2020
107 Yemen 4.35 2013
108 Belize 4.31 2020
109 Gabon 4.25 2015
110 Uganda 4.14 2018
111 North Macedonia 4.08 2021
112 Costa Rica 4.01 2020
113 Vietnam 3.98 2020
114 Lesotho 3.92 2019
115 St. Lucia 3.78 2020
116 Venezuela 3.65 2016
117 Ukraine 3.60 2021
118 Hungary 3.47 2020
119 Ecuador 3.46 2020
120 Fiji 3.37 2019
121 Pakistan 3.36 2021
122 Antigua and Barbuda 3.34 2020
123 Sri Lanka 3.30 2020
124 Ghana 3.30 2020
125 Myanmar 3.29 2019
126 Portugal 3.13 2021
127 Suriname 3.03 2020
128 El Salvador 3.01 2020
129 Eswatini 2.96 2020
130 France 2.91 2020
131 New Zealand 2.87 2020
132 Guinea 2.77 2020
133 Sweden 2.77 2020
134 Lao PDR 2.42 2020
135 Latvia 2.34 2021
136 Djibouti 2.30 2020
137 Chad 2.27 1994
138 Spain 2.27 2020
139 Zambia 2.26 2020
140 United Kingdom 2.18 2020
141 Malawi 2.12 2020
142 United States 2.11 2020
143 Belarus 2.07 2021
144 Guyana 2.05 2020
145 Ethiopia 2.05 2020
146 Germany 2.05 2020
147 Greece 1.81 2020
148 Canada 1.77 2021
149 Barbados 1.69 2016
150 Australia 1.66 2020
151 Austria 1.57 2020
152 Finland 1.50 2021
153 Lithuania 1.48 2020
154 Slovak Republic 1.20 2020
155 Congo 1.11 2016
156 Estonia 0.89 2021
157 Burundi 0.89 2018
158 Bahrain 0.88 2018
159 Eritrea 0.85 2000
160 Belgium 0.85 2020
161 Netherlands 0.70 2020
162 Dem. Rep. Congo 0.56 2020
163 Slovenia 0.53 2021
164 Cyprus 0.38 2020
165 Malta 0.37 2020
166 Cayman Islands 0.26 2019
167 Sudan 0.19 2017
168 Ireland 0.13 2020
169 Luxembourg 0.07 2021
170 Zimbabwe 0.07 2020
171 Equatorial Guinea 0.01 1996

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual