Switzerland - Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in Switzerland was 22.55 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 43 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.55 in 2020 and a minimum value of 2.08 in 2008.

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 10.43
1978 11.45
1979 14.84
1980 13.28
1981 10.31
1982 12.48
1983 11.06
1984 10.00
1985 10.82
1986 9.44
1987 10.10
1988 7.89
1989 7.39
1990 6.28
1991 6.40
1992 6.60
1993 7.64
1994 7.14
1995 6.34
1996 6.35
1997 6.01
1998 5.72
1999 5.29
2000 3.76
2001 3.62
2002 4.45
2003 4.35
2004 4.00
2005 2.56
2006 2.61
2007 2.40
2008 2.08
2009 4.35
2010 7.71
2011 7.59
2012 12.55
2013 11.96
2014 11.96
2015 14.40
2016 15.24
2017 17.05
2018 15.51
2019 17.05
2020 22.55

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments