South Africa | 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
Republic of South Africa
Records
63
Source
South Africa | Total reserves in months of imports
1960 1.44738094
1961 2.21923929
1962 3.60717681
1963 3.61586582
1964 2.73030123
1965 2.03729783
1966 2.94227537
1967 2.38713923
1968 5.17734103
1969 3.70909047
1970 2.35805004
1971 1.5510952
1972 3.76472438
1973 3.96260088
1974 3.86453961
1975 2.73296941
1976 2.10762262
1977 2.02921927
1978 2.26324595
1979 3.85095178
1980 3.63231324
1981 1.78822914
1982 1.96432659
1983 2.09302519
1984 1.38657032
1985 1.37431659
1986 1.47473422
1987 1.89332432
1988 1.04768406
1989 1.05029678
1990 1.1946548
1991 1.52429877
1992 1.45376402
1993 1.30157267
1994 1.30339238
1995 1.43270062
1996 0.74918231
1997 1.81151705
1998 1.76142933
1999 2.54961733
2000 2.38388518
2001 2.45317347
2002 2.50168883
2003 1.92764824
2004 2.68935775
2005 3.1611438
2006 3.23727857
2007 3.4639751
2008 3.32808353
2009 5.12662348
2010 4.54059849
2011 4.19180307
2012 4.33171873
2013 4.30463726
2014 4.42516066
2015 4.72421413
2016 5.43700662
2017 5.22545718
2018 4.8124625
2019 5.40690082
2020 7.12312766
2021 5.56062927
2022 4.92263659

South Africa | 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
Republic of South Africa
Records
63
Source