Low & middle income | Total reserves in months of imports

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)].
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Low & middle income
Records
63
Source
Low & middle income | Total reserves in months of imports
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977 5.66640519
1978 6.45742771
1979 8.04247826
1980 6.70407064
1981 3.95590783
1982 5.22947544
1983 5.20111691
1984 4.79309129
1985 4.53552711
1986 4.98292115
1987 5.40153307
1988 4.26202955
1989 4.12290974
1990 5.05782008
1991 5.82633912
1992 5.21763644
1993 5.6316932
1994 5.93642188
1995 5.62433016
1996 6.26535081
1997 8.27375819
1998 8.617716
1999 8.11739991
2000 7.24394555
2001 8.24741348
2002 9.77000925
2003 9.09637752
2004 9.93257541
2005 11.07996614
2006 12.6764236
2007 14.83692882
2008 14.52319231
2009 19.33953091
2010 17.03996162
2011 16.02198906
2012 15.30873268
2013 15.48931777
2014 14.88047309
2015 14.70749339
2016 14.28711699
2017 13.10755649
2018 11.4639956
2019 11.73820191
2020 13.8878084
2021 10.74676586
2022 9.74500928

Low & middle income | Total reserves in months of imports

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)].
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Low & middle income
Records
63
Source