Reserves in months of imports — all countries

Reserves in months of imports — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Reserves in months of imports in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2024 — 6.49 months. Ranked 32 in the world out of 150. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 1,170.7%.

2024 6.49 months −2.59% vs 2023
World rank 32of 150
Period maximum 10.06 months2020
Period minimum 0.51 months1998

Trend over time

1998–2024 · months of imports

Reserves in months of imports — Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1998–202405101519982001200420072010201320162019202220241998: 0.51 months1999: 1.21 months2000: 1.41 months2001: 3.32 months2002: 3.3 months2003: 3.54 months2004: 4.01 months2005: 3.77 months2006: 5.19 months2007: 6.32 months2008: 4.51 months2009: 6.21 months2010: 5.81 months2011: 4.66 months2012: 5.25 months2013: 5.87 months2014: 5.3 months2015: 6.29 months2016: 6.51 months2017: 7.01 months2018: 6.65 months2019: 7.28 months2020: 10.06 months2021: 8.26 months2022: 6.47 months2023: 6.66 months2024: 6.49 months
Change over the period: +5.98 (+1,170.7%) Average annual rate: 10.27 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.49 months
World 8.8 months
Europe & Central Asia 7.54 months
Southern Europe computed 2.91 months
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.32 months
Reserves in months of imports — Bosnia and Herzegovina, by year Bosnia and Herzegovina All countries CSV XLSX
Year months Change Change, %
2024 6.49 −0.17 −2.59%
2023 6.66 +0.19 +2.97%
2022 6.47 −1.79 −21.73%
2021 8.26 −1.8 −17.91%
2020 10.06 +2.78 +38.18%
2019 7.28 +0.64 +9.58%
2018 6.65 −0.36 −5.17%
2017 7.01 +0.5 +7.61%
2016 6.51 +0.22 +3.52%
2015 6.29 +0.99 +18.76%
2014 5.3 −0.57 −9.67%
2013 5.87 +0.62 +11.78%
2012 5.25 +0.58 +12.52%
2011 4.66 −1.15 −19.74%
2010 5.81 −0.4 −6.42%
2009 6.21 +1.7 +37.8%
2008 4.51 −1.81 −28.72%
2007 6.32 +1.13 +21.75%
2006 5.19 +1.42 +37.58%
2005 3.77 −0.24 −5.97%
2004 4.01 +0.47 +13.24%
2003 3.54 +0.24 +7.23%
2002 3.3 −0.02 −0.52%
2001 3.32 +1.91 +136.02%
2000 1.41 +0.2 +16.13%
1999 1.21 +0.7 +137.48%
1998 0.51

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.