Reserves in months of imports in BRICS in 2025 — 10.38 months. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 274.7%.
1981–2025 · months of imports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: BRICS
| Year | months | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.38 | +0.16 | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 10.22 | +0.09 | +0.89% |
| 2023 | 10.13 | +0.09 | +0.85% |
| 2022 | 10.04 | −1.1 | −9.85% |
| 2021 | 11.14 | −3.08 | −21.65% |
| 2020 | 14.22 | +2 | +16.32% |
| 2019 | 12.23 | +0.7 | +6.06% |
| 2018 | 11.53 | −1.71 | −12.94% |
| 2017 | 13.24 | −1.09 | −7.59% |
| 2016 | 14.33 | −0.44 | −2.97% |
| 2015 | 14.77 | +0.49 | +3.42% |
| 2014 | 14.28 | −0.15 | −1.04% |
| 2013 | 14.43 | +0.36 | +2.56% |
| 2012 | 14.07 | +0.08 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 13.98 | −1.95 | −12.21% |
| 2010 | 15.93 | −2.64 | −14.21% |
| 2009 | 18.57 | +5.16 | +38.51% |
| 2008 | 13.41 | −1.18 | −8.09% |
| 2007 | 14.59 | +2.47 | +20.34% |
| 2006 | 12.12 | +1.26 | +11.6% |
| 2005 | 10.86 | +0.21 | +1.97% |
| 2004 | 10.65 | +0.9 | +9.26% |
| 2003 | 9.75 | −1.1 | −10.15% |
| 2002 | 10.85 | +2.28 | +26.56% |
| 2001 | 8.57 | +1.16 | +15.68% |
| 2000 | 7.41 | −0.85 | −10.34% |
| 1999 | 8.27 | +0.32 | +4.06% |
| 1998 | 7.94 | +0.53 | +7.09% |
| 1997 | 7.42 | +2.05 | +38.13% |
| 1996 | 5.37 | +0.64 | +13.57% |
| 1995 | 4.73 | +0.33 | +7.61% |
| 1994 | 4.39 | +0.32 | +7.81% |
| 1993 | 4.08 | +0.14 | +3.54% |
| 1992 | 3.94 | −1.02 | −20.61% |
| 1991 | 4.96 | +0.9 | +22.04% |
| 1990 | 4.06 | +0.61 | +17.73% |
| 1989 | 3.45 | −0.45 | −11.56% |
| 1988 | 3.9 | −0.82 | −17.32% |
| 1987 | 4.72 | +0.62 | +15.17% |
| 1986 | 4.1 | −0.16 | −3.8% |
| 1985 | 4.26 | −0.79 | −15.72% |
| 1984 | 5.05 | +0.55 | +12.23% |
| 1983 | 4.5 | +0.23 | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 4.27 | +1.5 | +54.16% |
| 1981 | 2.77 | — | — |
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.