Reserves in months of imports — all countries

Reserves in months of imports — Hungary

Reserves in months of imports in Hungary in 2025 — 3.5 months. Ranked 56 in the world out of 87. Since 1983, the indicator has risen by 59.2%.

2025 3.5 months +23.75% vs 2024
World rank 56of 87
Period maximum 6.84 months1995
Period minimum 1.12 months1990

Trend over time

1983–2025 · months of imports

Reserves in months of imports — Hungary, 1983–2025024681983198819931998200320082013201820231983: 2.2 months1984: 2.68 months1985: 3.53 months1986: 3.32 months1987: 2.43 months1988: 2.13 months1989: 1.74 months1990: 1.12 months1991: 3.72 months1992: 3.71 months1993: 4.93 months1994: 4.96 months1995: 6.84 months1996: 5.14 months1997: 3.82 months1998: 3.61 months1999: 3.99 months2000: 3.58 months2001: 3.2 months2002: 2.7 months2003: 2.63 months2004: 2.52 months2005: 2.49 months2006: 2.55 months2007: 2.19 months2008: 2.65 months2009: 4.5 months2010: 4.29 months2011: 4.28 months2012: 4.32 months2013: 4.38 months2014: 3.74 months2015: 3.42 months2016: 2.63 months2017: 2.5 months2018: 2.55 months2019: 2.51 months2020: 3.58 months2021: 3.02 months2022: 2.52 months2023: 2.72 months2024: 2.82 months2025: 3.5 months
Change over the period: +1.3 (+59.15%) Average annual rate: 1.11 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Hungary 3.5 months
World 8.89 months
Europe & Central Asia 6.56 months
Eastern Europe computed 5.36 months
Reserves in months of imports — Hungary, by year Hungary All countries CSV XLSX
Year months Change Change, %
2025 3.5 +0.67 +23.75%
2024 2.82 +0.1 +3.71%
2023 2.72 +0.2 +7.91%
2022 2.52 −0.5 −16.51%
2021 3.02 −0.56 −15.57%
2020 3.58 +1.07 +42.68%
2019 2.51 −0.04 −1.45%
2018 2.55 +0.05 +2.06%
2017 2.5 −0.13 −5.01%
2016 2.63 −0.79 −23.16%
2015 3.42 −0.32 −8.64%
2014 3.74 −0.64 −14.59%
2013 4.38 +0.06 +1.49%
2012 4.32 +0.03 +0.8%
2011 4.28 −0 −0.1%
2010 4.29 −0.21 −4.74%
2009 4.5 +1.85 +70.09%
2008 2.65 +0.45 +20.61%
2007 2.19 −0.36 −13.97%
2006 2.55 +0.06 +2.46%
2005 2.49 −0.04 −1.44%
2004 2.52 −0.1 −3.85%
2003 2.63 −0.08 −2.83%
2002 2.7 −0.5 −15.57%
2001 3.2 −0.38 −10.57%
2000 3.58 −0.41 −10.36%
1999 3.99 +0.39 +10.68%
1998 3.61 −0.21 −5.51%
1997 3.82 −1.32 −25.74%
1996 5.14 −1.7 −24.85%
1995 6.84 +1.88 +37.97%
1994 4.96 +0.03 +0.56%
1993 4.93 +1.22 +33%
1992 3.71 −0.01 −0.24%
1991 3.72 +2.6 +232.66%
1990 1.12 −0.62 −35.8%
1989 1.74 −0.39 −18.19%
1988 2.13 −0.31 −12.6%
1987 2.43 −0.89 −26.74%
1986 3.32 −0.2 −5.81%
1985 3.53 +0.85 +31.84%
1984 2.68 +0.48 +21.81%
1983 2.2

Eastern Europe, 2025

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

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.