Reserves in months of imports — all countries

Reserves in months of imports — Comoros

Reserves in months of imports in the Comoros in 2023 — 7.61 months. Ranked 24 in the world out of 160. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 241.7%.

2023 7.61 months +8.48% vs 2022
World rank 24of 160
Period maximum 10.46 months2003
Period minimum 0.61 months1984

Trend over time

1980–2023 · months of imports

Reserves in months of imports — Comoros, 1980–202305101519801985199019952000200520102015202020231980: 2.23 months1981: 1.98 months1982: 2.54 months1983: 2.52 months1984: 0.61 months1985: 2.17 months1986: 2.88 months1987: 4.18 months1988: 3.15 months1989: 4.76 months1990: 3.85 months1991: 3.42 months1992: 2.96 months1993: 4.65 months1994: 5.72 months1995: 5.09 months2003: 10.46 months2004: 9.87 months2005: 7.16 months2006: 7 months2007: 7.23 months2008: 5.13 months2009: 6.99 months2010: 6.36 months2011: 6 months2012: 7.15 months2014: 6.08 months2015: 8.97 months2016: 7.08 months2017: 8.1 months2018: 6.67 months2019: 6.8 months2020: 10.18 months2021: 9.38 months2022: 7.02 months2023: 7.61 months
Change over the period: +5.38 (+241.7%) Average annual rate: 2.9 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Comoros 7.61 months
World 9.25 months
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.66 months
Eastern Africa computed 2.73 months
Lower-middle-income countries computed 5.89 months
Reserves in months of imports — Comoros, by year Comoros All countries CSV XLSX
Year months Change Change, %
2023 7.61 +0.6 +8.48%
2022 7.02 −2.37 −25.24%
2021 9.38 −0.8 −7.83%
2020 10.18 +3.38 +49.75%
2019 6.8 +0.12 +1.86%
2018 6.67 −1.42 −17.58%
2017 8.1 +1.02 +14.36%
2016 7.08 −1.89 −21.03%
2015 8.97 +2.89 +47.49%
2014 6.08
2012 7.15 +1.15 +19.18%
2011 6 −0.36 −5.59%
2010 6.36 −0.63 −9.03%
2009 6.99 +1.86 +36.35%
2008 5.13 −2.1 −29.05%
2007 7.23 +0.22 +3.17%
2006 7 −0.15 −2.15%
2005 7.16 −2.72 −27.5%
2004 9.87 −0.59 −5.6%
2003 10.46
1995 5.09 −0.62 −10.92%
1994 5.72 +1.07 +22.9%
1993 4.65 +1.7 +57.4%
1992 2.96 −0.47 −13.61%
1991 3.42 −0.42 −11.04%
1990 3.85 −0.91 −19.18%
1989 4.76 +1.61 +50.96%
1988 3.15 −1.03 −24.59%
1987 4.18 +1.3 +44.92%
1986 2.88 +0.72 +33.06%
1985 2.17 +1.55 +252.43%
1984 0.61 −1.91 −75.63%
1983 2.52 −0.01 −0.55%
1982 2.54 +0.55 +27.88%
1981 1.98 −0.24 −10.92%
1980 2.23

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.