Reserves in months of imports in Latin America & Caribbean in 2025 — 6.54 months. Since 1975, the indicator has fallen by 40.2%.
1975–2025 · months of imports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean
| Year | months | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.54 | +0.25 | +3.91% |
| 2024 | 6.29 | −0.58 | −8.47% |
| 2023 | 6.87 | +0.68 | +10.95% |
| 2022 | 6.2 | −1.98 | −24.22% |
| 2021 | 8.18 | −2.83 | −25.72% |
| 2020 | 11.01 | +2.26 | +25.8% |
| 2019 | 8.75 | −0.34 | −3.74% |
| 2018 | 9.09 | −1.03 | −10.22% |
| 2017 | 10.12 | −0.9 | −8.14% |
| 2016 | 11.02 | +0.98 | +9.71% |
| 2015 | 10.05 | +1.68 | +20.13% |
| 2014 | 8.36 | +0.11 | +1.36% |
| 2013 | 8.25 | −0.23 | −2.71% |
| 2012 | 8.48 | +0.7 | +8.97% |
| 2011 | 7.78 | −0.16 | −2.02% |
| 2010 | 7.94 | −1.37 | −14.75% |
| 2009 | 9.32 | +2.88 | +44.75% |
| 2008 | 6.44 | −1.07 | −14.27% |
| 2007 | 7.51 | +1.86 | +32.87% |
| 2006 | 5.65 | +0.25 | +4.62% |
| 2005 | 5.4 | −0.18 | −3.26% |
| 2004 | 5.58 | −0.68 | −10.92% |
| 2003 | 6.27 | +1.18 | +23.13% |
| 2002 | 5.09 | +0.51 | +11.19% |
| 2001 | 4.58 | −0.33 | −6.76% |
| 2000 | 4.91 | −0.65 | −11.67% |
| 1999 | 5.56 | +0.3 | +5.78% |
| 1998 | 5.25 | −0.88 | −14.38% |
| 1997 | 6.14 | −1.14 | −15.68% |
| 1996 | 7.28 | +0.88 | +13.72% |
| 1995 | 6.4 | −0.86 | −11.83% |
| 1994 | 7.26 | +0.61 | +9.24% |
| 1993 | 6.64 | +0.37 | +5.91% |
| 1992 | 6.27 | +0.22 | +3.68% |
| 1991 | 6.05 | +0.16 | +2.77% |
| 1990 | 5.89 | +1.52 | +34.92% |
| 1989 | 4.36 | +0.19 | +4.58% |
| 1988 | 4.17 | −1.79 | −30.08% |
| 1987 | 5.97 | +0.33 | +5.84% |
| 1986 | 5.64 | −1.03 | −15.47% |
| 1985 | 6.67 | +0.85 | +14.59% |
| 1984 | 5.82 | −0.45 | −7.17% |
| 1983 | 6.27 | +0.85 | +15.66% |
| 1982 | 5.42 | −0.44 | −7.56% |
| 1981 | 5.86 | −1.47 | −20.04% |
| 1980 | 7.33 | −1.67 | −18.55% |
| 1979 | 9.01 | +1.32 | +17.17% |
| 1978 | 7.69 | +0.86 | +12.66% |
| 1977 | 6.82 | −1.06 | −13.47% |
| 1976 | 7.88 | −3.04 | −27.84% |
| 1975 | 10.93 | — | — |
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.