Reserves in months of imports in Barbados in 2017 — 1.26 months. Ranked 146 in the world out of 166. Since 1967, the indicator has risen by 5.4%.
1967–2017 · months of imports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Barbados
| Year | months | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1.26 | −0.43 | −25.37% |
| 2016 | 1.68 | −0.74 | −30.41% |
| 2015 | 2.42 | −0.04 | −1.77% |
| 2014 | 2.46 | −0.35 | −12.49% |
| 2013 | 2.81 | −0.87 | −23.69% |
| 2012 | 3.69 | +0.08 | +2.12% |
| 2011 | 3.61 | −0.35 | −8.72% |
| 2010 | 3.96 | −0.23 | −5.6% |
| 2009 | 4.19 | +1.11 | +35.84% |
| 2008 | 3.09 | −0.64 | −17.22% |
| 2007 | 3.73 | +0.79 | +26.88% |
| 2006 | 2.94 | −0.15 | −5.01% |
| 2005 | 3.09 | −0.31 | −9.08% |
| 2004 | 3.4 | −1.49 | −30.43% |
| 2003 | 4.89 | −0.11 | −2.21% |
| 2002 | 5 | −0.29 | −5.55% |
| 2001 | 5.29 | +1.84 | +53.24% |
| 2000 | 3.45 | +1.07 | +44.8% |
| 1999 | 2.39 | −0.71 | −22.97% |
| 1998 | 3.1 | +0.74 | +31.65% |
| 1997 | 2.35 | −0.57 | −19.49% |
| 1996 | 2.92 | +0.52 | +21.69% |
| 1995 | 2.4 | −0.22 | −8.45% |
| 1994 | 2.62 | +0.46 | +21.4% |
| 1993 | 2.16 | −0.13 | −5.78% |
| 1992 | 2.29 | +1.14 | +98.68% |
| 1991 | 1.15 | −0.37 | −24.07% |
| 1990 | 1.52 | +0 | +0.29% |
| 1989 | 1.52 | −0.62 | −29.02% |
| 1988 | 2.13 | −0.31 | −12.54% |
| 1987 | 2.44 | +0.04 | +1.79% |
| 1986 | 2.4 | +0.12 | +5.36% |
| 1985 | 2.28 | +0.24 | +11.9% |
| 1984 | 2.03 | +0.01 | +0.74% |
| 1983 | 2.02 | −0.17 | −7.56% |
| 1982 | 2.18 | +0.39 | +21.86% |
| 1981 | 1.79 | +0.23 | +14.96% |
| 1980 | 1.56 | −0.09 | −5.49% |
| 1979 | 1.65 | −0.3 | −15.2% |
| 1978 | 1.95 | +0.54 | +38.38% |
| 1977 | 1.41 | +0.19 | +15.45% |
| 1976 | 1.22 | −0.67 | −35.6% |
| 1975 | 1.89 | −0.16 | −7.8% |
| 1974 | 2.05 | +0.17 | +8.81% |
| 1973 | 1.88 | +0 | +0.14% |
| 1972 | 1.88 | +0.44 | +30.51% |
| 1971 | 1.44 | +0.1 | +7.29% |
| 1970 | 1.34 | +0.13 | +11.04% |
| 1969 | 1.21 | −0.55 | −31.42% |
| 1968 | 1.77 | +0.57 | +48.06% |
| 1967 | 1.19 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
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.
Finance Lending interest rateThe average rate at which banks lend to businesses and households.
Finance Deposit interest rateThe average rate banks pay on deposits.
