Reserves in months of imports — all countries

Reserves in months of imports — Bahamas

Reserves in months of imports in the Bahamas in 2024 — 3.95 months. Ranked 83 in the world out of 150. Since 1976, the indicator has risen by 321.6%.

2024 3.95 months −5.27% vs 2023
World rank 83of 150
Period maximum 7.36 months2020
Period minimum 0.87 months1989

Trend over time

1976–2024 · months of imports

Reserves in months of imports — Bahamas, 1976–202402468197619811986199119962001200620112016202120241976: 0.94 months1977: 1.2 months1978: 0.92 months1979: 1.07 months1980: 0.91 months1981: 0.94 months1982: 1.08 months1983: 1.08 months1984: 1.37 months1985: 1.44 months1986: 1.78 months1987: 1.23 months1988: 1.25 months1989: 0.87 months1990: 0.92 months1991: 1.1 months1992: 1.11 months1993: 1.19 months1994: 1.15 months1995: 1.07 months1996: 0.92 months1997: 1.09 months1998: 1.35 months1999: 1.57 months2000: 1.21 months2001: 1.21 months2002: 1.49 months2003: 1.91 months2004: 2.41 months2005: 1.78 months2006: 1.17 months2007: 1.14 months2008: 1.42 months2009: 3.07 months2010: 3.1 months2011: 2.82 months2012: 1.94 months2013: 1.87 months2014: 1.89 months2015: 2.3 months2016: 2.43 months2017: 3.18 months2018: 2.76 months2019: 3.85 months2020: 7.36 months2021: 5.11 months2022: 4.62 months2023: 4.17 months2024: 3.95 months
Change over the period: +3.02 (+321.63%) Average annual rate: 3.04 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bahamas

Bahamas 3.95 months
World 8.8 months
Reserves in months of imports — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year months Change Change, %
2024 3.95 −0.22 −5.27%
2023 4.17 −0.45 −9.75%
2022 4.62 −0.49 −9.49%
2021 5.11 −2.25 −30.54%
2020 7.36 +3.5 +90.97%
2019 3.85 +1.09 +39.34%
2018 2.76 −0.42 −13.16%
2017 3.18 +0.76 +31.14%
2016 2.43 +0.13 +5.7%
2015 2.3 +0.41 +21.82%
2014 1.89 +0.01 +0.62%
2013 1.87 −0.07 −3.39%
2012 1.94 −0.88 −31.3%
2011 2.82 −0.27 −8.84%
2010 3.1 +0.02 +0.73%
2009 3.07 +1.65 +116.56%
2008 1.42 +0.28 +24.53%
2007 1.14 −0.03 −2.91%
2006 1.17 −0.61 −34.2%
2005 1.78 −0.62 −25.93%
2004 2.41 +0.5 +26.01%
2003 1.91 +0.42 +27.96%
2002 1.49 +0.28 +23.27%
2001 1.21 +0 +0.12%
2000 1.21 −0.36 −23.07%
1999 1.57 +0.22 +16.31%
1998 1.35 +0.27 +24.39%
1997 1.09 +0.17 +18.28%
1996 0.92 −0.15 −14.19%
1995 1.07 −0.08 −6.97%
1994 1.15 −0.04 −3.13%
1993 1.19 +0.08 +7.54%
1992 1.11 +0 +0.24%
1991 1.1 +0.18 +19.61%
1990 0.92 +0.05 +5.81%
1989 0.87 −0.37 −30.07%
1988 1.25 +0.02 +1.44%
1987 1.23 −0.55 −30.93%
1986 1.78 +0.34 +23.32%
1985 1.44 +0.07 +5%
1984 1.37 +0.29 +26.68%
1983 1.08 +0 +0.02%
1982 1.08 +0.14 +15.08%
1981 0.94 +0.03 +3.14%
1980 0.91 −0.15 −14.45%
1979 1.07 +0.15 +16.61%
1978 0.92 −0.28 −23.55%
1977 1.2 +0.26 +27.75%
1976 0.94

About the indicator

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.