Other small states - Total reserves in months of imports

Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in Other small states was 6.95 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.46 in 2001 and a minimum value of 5.01 in 2018.

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
1976 8.69
1977 8.34
1978 9.28
1979 8.32
1980 6.38
1981 6.65
1982 7.37
1983 8.07
1984 7.14
1985 7.92
1986 9.00
1987 10.28
1988 8.89
1989 9.74
1990 8.48
1991 9.33
1992 9.45
1993 11.64
1994 11.81
1995 10.46
1996 10.99
1997 10.88
1998 12.28
1999 12.04
2000 12.16
2001 12.46
2002 9.76
2003 7.82
2004 6.36
2005 6.68
2006 8.16
2007 7.44
2008 6.66
2011 5.40
2012 5.25
2013 5.89
2014 5.94
2015 6.08
2016 6.03
2017 5.19
2018 5.01
2019 5.97
2020 6.95

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments