Reserves in months of imports in the OECD in 2025 — 7.22 months. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 78.4%.
1975–2025 · months of imports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: OECD
| Year | months | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.22 | +0.38 | +5.53% |
| 2024 | 6.84 | −0.22 | −3.14% |
| 2023 | 7.07 | −0.05 | −0.7% |
| 2022 | 7.12 | −2.42 | −25.41% |
| 2021 | 9.54 | −1.66 | −14.84% |
| 2020 | 11.2 | +2.32 | +26.14% |
| 2019 | 8.88 | +0.54 | +6.51% |
| 2018 | 8.34 | −0.89 | −9.67% |
| 2017 | 9.23 | +0.09 | +0.94% |
| 2016 | 9.14 | +0.23 | +2.53% |
| 2015 | 8.92 | +1.42 | +18.95% |
| 2014 | 7.5 | −0.2 | −2.63% |
| 2013 | 7.7 | +0.36 | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 7.34 | +0.25 | +3.48% |
| 2011 | 7.09 | −0.19 | −2.61% |
| 2010 | 7.28 | −1.07 | −12.83% |
| 2009 | 8.36 | +2.02 | +31.8% |
| 2008 | 6.34 | −0.78 | −10.93% |
| 2007 | 7.12 | −0.29 | −3.91% |
| 2006 | 7.41 | −0.59 | −7.34% |
| 2005 | 7.99 | −1.1 | −12.09% |
| 2004 | 9.09 | +0.78 | +9.32% |
| 2003 | 8.32 | +2.03 | +32.18% |
| 2002 | 6.29 | +0.99 | +18.64% |
| 2001 | 5.3 | +0.83 | +18.68% |
| 2000 | 4.47 | +0.16 | +3.68% |
| 1999 | 4.31 | +0.42 | +10.81% |
| 1998 | 3.89 | +0.1 | +2.51% |
| 1997 | 3.79 | +0.08 | +2.18% |
| 1996 | 3.71 | +0.51 | +16% |
| 1995 | 3.2 | −0.32 | −9.09% |
| 1994 | 3.52 | −0.08 | −2.28% |
| 1993 | 3.6 | +0.35 | +10.62% |
| 1992 | 3.26 | −0.52 | −13.7% |
| 1991 | 3.78 | +0.28 | +7.94% |
| 1990 | 3.5 | −0.2 | −5.51% |
| 1989 | 3.7 | −0.04 | −1.07% |
| 1988 | 3.74 | −0.97 | −20.66% |
| 1987 | 4.72 | +0.4 | +9.21% |
| 1986 | 4.32 | −0.11 | −2.53% |
| 1985 | 4.43 | +0.26 | +6.29% |
| 1984 | 4.17 | −0.68 | −14.1% |
| 1983 | 4.85 | −0.52 | −9.65% |
| 1982 | 5.37 | +0.69 | +14.76% |
| 1981 | 4.68 | −1.61 | −25.64% |
| 1980 | 6.29 | −0.5 | −7.34% |
| 1979 | 6.79 | +1.57 | +30.06% |
| 1978 | 5.22 | +0.75 | +16.76% |
| 1977 | 4.47 | +0.89 | +24.92% |
| 1976 | 3.58 | −0.47 | −11.57% |
| 1975 | 4.05 | — | — |
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.