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Reserves in months of imports — Gabon

Reserves in months of imports in Gabon in 2015 — 4.25 months. Ranked 78 in the world out of 169. Since 1978, the indicator has risen by 1,856.5%.

2015 4.25 months −1.66% vs 2014
World rank 78of 169
Period maximum 4.72 months2013
Period minimum 0.03 months1993

Trend over time

1978–2015 · months of imports

Reserves in months of imports — Gabon, 1978–2015024619781982198619901994199820022006201020141978: 0.22 months1979: 0.19 months1980: 0.72 months1981: 1.18 months1982: 1.92 months1983: 1.12 months1984: 1.21 months1985: 1.08 months1986: 0.74 months1987: 0.12 months1988: 0.46 months1989: 0.24 months1990: 1.37 months1991: 1.67 months1992: 0.34 months1993: 0.03 months1994: 1.02 months1995: 0.76 months1996: 1.13 months1997: 1.26 months1998: 0.08 months1999: 0.11 months2000: 0.94 months2001: 0.07 months2002: 0.79 months2003: 0.99 months2004: 1.72 months2005: 2.39 months2007: 3.61 months2008: 4.54 months2009: 4.19 months2010: 3.08 months2011: 3.38 months2012: 3.65 months2013: 4.72 months2014: 4.32 months2015: 4.25 months
Change over the period: +4.03 (+1,856.46%) Average annual rate: 8.37 %

Comparison, 2015

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

Gabon 4.25 months
World 13.1 months
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.79 months
Middle Africa computed 4.52 months
Upper-middle-income countries computed 12.42 months
Reserves in months of imports — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year months Change Change, %
2015 4.25 −0.07 −1.66%
2014 4.32 −0.4 −8.55%
2013 4.72 +1.07 +29.37%
2012 3.65 +0.27 +8.07%
2011 3.38 +0.3 +9.64%
2010 3.08 −1.11 −26.55%
2009 4.19 −0.35 −7.71%
2008 4.54 +0.94 +25.95%
2007 3.61 — —
2005 2.39 +0.67 +38.88%
2004 1.72 +0.73 +73.85%
2003 0.99 +0.2 +25.04%
2002 0.79 +0.72 +990.33%
2001 0.07 −0.87 −92.25%
2000 0.94 +0.83 +774.92%
1999 0.11 +0.02 +27.47%
1998 0.08 −1.17 −93.3%
1997 1.26 +0.12 +10.72%
1996 1.13 +0.38 +49.45%
1995 0.76 −0.26 −25.84%
1994 1.02 +1 +3,634.35%
1993 0.03 −0.31 −91.9%
1992 0.34 −1.33 −79.77%
1991 1.67 +0.3 +22.28%
1990 1.37 +1.13 +476.75%
1989 0.24 −0.22 −48.49%
1988 0.46 +0.34 +268.98%
1987 0.12 −0.62 −83.18%
1986 0.74 −0.34 −31.39%
1985 1.08 −0.13 −10.46%
1984 1.21 +0.09 +7.81%
1983 1.12 −0.8 −41.84%
1982 1.92 +0.74 +62.3%
1981 1.18 +0.47 +65.47%
1980 0.72 +0.52 +273.85%
1979 0.19 −0.03 −11.75%
1978 0.22 — —

Middle Africa, 2015

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

AO Angola 6.48 CM Cameroon 5.05 ST Sao Tome and Principe 4.6 GA Gabon 4.25 CG Republic of the Congo 2.77 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.04
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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.

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