Lebanon - Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in Lebanon was 28.96 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 28.96 in 2020 and a minimum value of 9.95 in 2004.

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
2002 11.62
2003 10.83
2004 9.95
2005 10.63
2006 11.54
2007 10.38
2008 10.85
2009 14.81
2010 16.59
2011 17.46
2012 18.58
2013 16.16
2014 16.76
2015 17.24
2016 18.87
2017 18.78
2018 17.12
2019 17.59
2020 28.96

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments