Reserves in months of imports — all countries

Reserves in months of imports — Russia

Reserves in months of imports in Russia in 2024 — 16.78 months. Ranked 1 in the world out of 150. Since 1994, the indicator has risen by 1,236.3%.

2024 16.78 months +3.19% vs 2023
World rank 1of 150
Period maximum 18.62 months2020
Period minimum 1.26 months1994

Trend over time

1994–2024 · months of imports

Reserves in months of imports — Russia, 1994–202405101520199419972000200320062009201220152018202120241994: 1.26 months1995: 2.44 months1996: 2.03 months1997: 2.02 months1998: 1.6 months1999: 2.37 months2000: 4.74 months2001: 5.24 months2002: 6.13 months2003: 7.53 months2004: 9.89 months2005: 10.92 months2006: 13.6 months2007: 16.05 months2008: 10.78 months2009: 16.45 months2010: 14.16 months2011: 11.63 months2012: 11.52 months2013: 10.34 months2014: 8.52 months2015: 12.38 months2016: 13.23 months2017: 12.49 months2018: 12.87 months2019: 14.49 months2020: 18.62 months2021: 15.12 months2022: 16.1 months2023: 16.26 months2024: 16.78 months
Change over the period: +15.52 (+1,236.28%) Average annual rate: 9.03 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Russia 16.78 months
World 8.8 months
Europe & Central Asia 7.54 months
Eastern Europe computed 7.54 months
Reserves in months of imports — Russia, by year Russia All countries CSV XLSX
Year months Change Change, %
2024 16.78 +0.52 +3.19%
2023 16.26 +0.16 +1.01%
2022 16.1 +0.97 +6.45%
2021 15.12 −3.5 −18.78%
2020 18.62 +4.13 +28.49%
2019 14.49 +1.62 +12.57%
2018 12.87 +0.39 +3.09%
2017 12.49 −0.74 −5.59%
2016 13.23 +0.85 +6.85%
2015 12.38 +3.86 +45.3%
2014 8.52 −1.82 −17.62%
2013 10.34 −1.18 −10.25%
2012 11.52 −0.11 −0.95%
2011 11.63 −2.53 −17.85%
2010 14.16 −2.29 −13.93%
2009 16.45 +5.67 +52.62%
2008 10.78 −5.27 −32.82%
2007 16.05 +2.45 +17.99%
2006 13.6 +2.68 +24.55%
2005 10.92 +1.03 +10.46%
2004 9.89 +2.36 +31.36%
2003 7.53 +1.4 +22.81%
2002 6.13 +0.89 +16.96%
2001 5.24 +0.5 +10.44%
2000 4.74 +2.37 +100.07%
1999 2.37 +0.77 +47.89%
1998 1.6 −0.41 −20.5%
1997 2.02 −0.01 −0.68%
1996 2.03 −0.41 −16.69%
1995 2.44 +1.18 +94.13%
1994 1.26

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.