Reserves in months of imports in ASEAN in 2025 — 5.77 months. Since 1988, the indicator has risen by 56%.
1988–2025 · months of imports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: ASEAN
| Year | months | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.77 | +0.88 | +18.08% |
| 2024 | 4.89 | −0.27 | −5.32% |
| 2023 | 5.16 | +0.61 | +13.27% |
| 2022 | 4.56 | −1.74 | −27.62% |
| 2021 | 6.3 | −1.31 | −17.2% |
| 2020 | 7.61 | +1.81 | +31.27% |
| 2019 | 5.79 | +0.46 | +8.64% |
| 2018 | 5.33 | −0.68 | −11.32% |
| 2017 | 6.02 | −0.06 | −0.91% |
| 2016 | 6.07 | +0.32 | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 5.75 | +0.18 | +3.28% |
| 2014 | 5.57 | −0.2 | −3.39% |
| 2013 | 5.76 | −0.35 | −5.78% |
| 2012 | 6.11 | +0.03 | +0.44% |
| 2011 | 6.09 | −0.5 | −7.65% |
| 2010 | 6.59 | −0.25 | −3.6% |
| 2009 | 6.84 | +1.88 | +37.84% |
| 2008 | 4.96 | −0.66 | −11.82% |
| 2007 | 5.63 | +0.56 | +11.07% |
| 2006 | 5.07 | +0.33 | +6.99% |
| 2005 | 4.73 | −0.58 | −10.87% |
| 2004 | 5.31 | −0.23 | −4.14% |
| 2003 | 5.54 | +0.3 | +5.69% |
| 2002 | 5.24 | +0.3 | +6.07% |
| 2001 | 4.94 | +0.31 | +6.77% |
| 2000 | 4.63 | −0.95 | −17.06% |
| 1999 | 5.58 | +0.18 | +3.25% |
| 1998 | 5.41 | +1.68 | +45.04% |
| 1997 | 3.73 | −0.72 | −16.25% |
| 1996 | 4.45 | +0.2 | +4.66% |
| 1995 | 4.25 | −0.58 | −12.06% |
| 1994 | 4.84 | −0.33 | −6.41% |
| 1993 | 5.17 | +0.4 | +8.46% |
| 1992 | 4.76 | +0.44 | +10.1% |
| 1991 | 4.33 | +0.37 | +9.42% |
| 1990 | 3.95 | +0.18 | +4.65% |
| 1989 | 3.78 | +0.08 | +2.11% |
| 1988 | 3.7 | — | — |
The ratio of international reserves to average monthly imports of goods and services. The commonly accepted minimum benchmark of adequacy is three months of imports; below that level a country becomes vulnerable to external shocks and to a halt in the inflow of capital.
Important: The aggregate is weighted by imports: all of the reserves of a group divided by its average monthly imports. Weighting by population or GDP will not do here — imports are precisely what stands in the denominator of the indicator.
Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.
The gold and foreign exchange reserves of a country in US dollars.
Trade Imports of goods and servicesThe value of goods brought in and of services received from non-residents.
Finance Current account balanceThe balance of a country's external transactions as a percent of GDP: surplus or deficit.
Finance Current account balance (World Bank)The current account balance as a percent of GDP from World Bank data.