Russia - Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in Russia was 18.67 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18.67 in 2020 and a minimum value of 1.26 in 1994.

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
1994 1.26
1995 2.44
1996 2.03
1997 2.02
1998 1.60
1999 2.37
2000 4.74
2001 5.24
2002 6.13
2003 7.53
2004 9.89
2005 10.92
2006 13.60
2007 16.05
2008 10.78
2009 16.45
2010 14.16
2011 11.63
2012 11.52
2013 10.34
2014 8.52
2015 12.38
2016 13.23
2017 12.49
2018 12.87
2019 14.49
2020 18.67

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments