Syrian Arab Republic - Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in Syrian Arab Republic was 11.66 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 33 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.26 in 2005 and a minimum value of 0.60 in 2001.

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 2.60
1978 2.42
1979 3.30
1980 2.15
1981 1.40
1982 1.52
1983 0.88
1984 1.33
1985 0.84
1986 1.76
1987 2.23
1988 2.08
1989 1.64
1990 1.42
1991 1.13
1992 0.92
1993 0.90
1994 0.74
1995 0.82
1996 0.73
1997 0.72
1998 0.78
1999 0.72
2000 0.64
2001 0.60
2002 0.66
2003 0.78
2004 0.64
2005 17.26
2006 15.40
2007 12.82
2008 10.18
2009 12.12
2010 11.66

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments