World | 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
World
Records
63
Source
World | Total reserves in months of imports
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975 6.49287986
1976 5.38467702
1977 5.48586857
1978 5.52875234
1979 6.97406593
1980 6.32724232
1981 4.6703776
1982 5.35347778
1983 5.08781406
1984 4.58771124
1985 5.04917293
1986 5.61881987
1987 6.42676448
1988 5.01868658
1989 4.71333367
1990 4.56754949
1991 4.8381632
1992 4.32718875
1993 4.62205217
1994 4.72717703
1995 4.2525809
1996 4.67084961
1997 5.24778535
1998 5.48142824
1999 5.78130739
2000 5.51493486
2001 6.56688444
2002 7.84020883
2003 8.99607901
2004 9.56738404
2005 9.91657026
2006 10.61744542
2007 11.90217585
2008 12.0711763
2009 15.45319644
2010 13.70372494
2011 13.15910397
2012 13.04058455
2013 13.61616603
2014 13.01779659
2015 13.09987226
2016 12.96105307
2017 12.11780104
2018 10.82679203
2019 11.15090645
2020 13.30503613
2021 10.77117945
2022 9.14523338

World | 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
World
Records
63
Source