Reserves in months of imports — all countries

Reserves in months of imports — Solomon Islands

Reserves in months of imports in the Solomon Islands in 2024 — 8.9 months. Ranked 16 in the world out of 150. Since 1977, the indicator has risen by 1,020.6%.

2024 8.9 months −0.33% vs 2023
World rank 16of 150
Period maximum 13.75 months2020
Period minimum 0.54 months1991

Trend over time

1977–2024 · months of imports

Reserves in months of imports — Solomon Islands, 1977–202405101519771982198719921997200220072012201720221977: 0.79 months1978: 6.23 months1979: 5.29 months1980: 3.04 months1981: 2.21 months1982: 4.16 months1983: 5.37 months1984: 4.47 months1985: 3.46 months1986: 2.8 months1987: 3.38 months1988: 2.6 months1989: 1.73 months1990: 1.29 months1991: 0.54 months1992: 1.6 months1993: 1.08 months1994: 0.83 months1995: 0.8 months1996: 1.59 months1997: 1.44 months1998: 2.62 months1999: 2.79 months2000: 2.18 months2001: 1.25 months2002: 1.75 months2003: 2.73 months2004: 5.6 months2005: 4.55 months2006: 4.31 months2007: 3.57 months2008: 2.27 months2009: 4.24 months2010: 5.22 months2011: 6.94 months2012: 8.22 months2013: 8.44 months2014: 8 months2015: 8.96 months2016: 8.69 months2017: 9.18 months2018: 9.13 months2019: 8.37 months2020: 13.75 months2021: 12.7 months2022: 9.67 months2023: 8.93 months2024: 8.9 months
Change over the period: +8.11 (+1,020.64%) Average annual rate: 5.28 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Solomon Islands 8.9 months
World 8.8 months
East Asia & Pacific 10.6 months
Lower-middle-income countries computed 5.58 months
Reserves in months of imports — Solomon Islands, by year Solomon Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year months Change Change, %
2024 8.9 −0.03 −0.33%
2023 8.93 −0.73 −7.58%
2022 9.67 −3.03 −23.89%
2021 12.7 −1.05 −7.6%
2020 13.75 +5.37 +64.15%
2019 8.37 −0.76 −8.28%
2018 9.13 −0.06 −0.6%
2017 9.18 +0.49 +5.69%
2016 8.69 −0.27 −2.98%
2015 8.96 +0.95 +11.91%
2014 8 −0.44 −5.16%
2013 8.44 +0.22 +2.62%
2012 8.22 +1.28 +18.49%
2011 6.94 +1.72 +32.91%
2010 5.22 +0.98 +23.14%
2009 4.24 +1.97 +86.64%
2008 2.27 −1.29 −36.28%
2007 3.57 −0.74 −17.26%
2006 4.31 −0.24 −5.27%
2005 4.55 −1.05 −18.77%
2004 5.6 +2.87 +105.31%
2003 2.73 +0.98 +55.64%
2002 1.75 +0.5 +40.25%
2001 1.25 −0.93 −42.69%
2000 2.18 −0.61 −21.88%
1999 2.79 +0.17 +6.44%
1998 2.62 +1.18 +82.1%
1997 1.44 −0.15 −9.63%
1996 1.59 +0.8 +99.83%
1995 0.8 −0.03 −3.65%
1994 0.83 −0.26 −23.67%
1993 1.08 −0.51 −32.2%
1992 1.6 +1.06 +197.31%
1991 0.54 −0.75 −58.33%
1990 1.29 −0.44 −25.46%
1989 1.73 −0.87 −33.37%
1988 2.6 −0.79 −23.22%
1987 3.38 +0.58 +20.71%
1986 2.8 −0.65 −18.85%
1985 3.46 −1.01 −22.68%
1984 4.47 −0.9 −16.77%
1983 5.37 +1.21 +28.95%
1982 4.16 +1.96 +88.75%
1981 2.21 −0.83 −27.35%
1980 3.04 −2.25 −42.61%
1979 5.29 −0.94 −15.12%
1978 6.23 +5.44 +684.36%
1977 0.79

Melanesia, 2024

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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.