Reserves in months of imports in South Asia in 2025 — 7.72 months. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 103.6%.
1975–2025 · months of imports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Asia
| Year | months | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.72 | +0.26 | +3.49% |
| 2024 | 7.46 | −0.36 | −4.6% |
| 2023 | 7.82 | +0.99 | +14.52% |
| 2022 | 6.83 | −2.69 | −28.27% |
| 2021 | 9.52 | −3.02 | −24.11% |
| 2020 | 12.54 | +4.52 | +56.25% |
| 2019 | 8.03 | +1.29 | +19.13% |
| 2018 | 6.74 | −1.26 | −15.78% |
| 2017 | 8 | −0.32 | −3.79% |
| 2016 | 8.32 | +0.39 | +4.91% |
| 2015 | 7.93 | +1.41 | +21.63% |
| 2014 | 6.52 | +0.55 | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 5.96 | +0.16 | +2.79% |
| 2012 | 5.8 | −0.23 | −3.88% |
| 2011 | 6.04 | −1.54 | −20.34% |
| 2010 | 7.58 | −1.93 | −20.32% |
| 2009 | 9.51 | +1.97 | +26.11% |
| 2008 | 7.54 | −3.32 | −30.54% |
| 2007 | 10.86 | +2.17 | +24.99% |
| 2006 | 8.69 | +0.42 | +5.08% |
| 2005 | 8.27 | −2.66 | −24.32% |
| 2004 | 10.92 | −0.88 | −7.46% |
| 2003 | 11.8 | +1.84 | +18.46% |
| 2002 | 9.96 | +2.8 | +39.14% |
| 2001 | 7.16 | +1.3 | +22.18% |
| 2000 | 5.86 | −0.12 | −2.03% |
| 1999 | 5.98 | +0.58 | +10.71% |
| 1998 | 5.4 | +0.31 | +6.06% |
| 1997 | 5.09 | +0.33 | +6.92% |
| 1996 | 4.76 | −0.14 | −2.89% |
| 1995 | 4.91 | −1.77 | −26.55% |
| 1994 | 6.68 | +1.46 | +28% |
| 1993 | 5.22 | +1.52 | +40.97% |
| 1992 | 3.7 | +0.57 | +18.17% |
| 1991 | 3.13 | +0.98 | +45.8% |
| 1990 | 2.15 | −0.89 | −29.21% |
| 1989 | 3.04 | −0.85 | −21.95% |
| 1988 | 3.89 | −1.6 | −29.15% |
| 1987 | 5.49 | −0.11 | −1.92% |
| 1986 | 5.6 | +0.32 | +6.11% |
| 1985 | 5.27 | +0.23 | +4.46% |
| 1984 | 5.05 | +0.04 | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 5 | −0.21 | −3.96% |
| 1982 | 5.21 | −0.04 | −0.73% |
| 1981 | 5.25 | −2.67 | −33.75% |
| 1980 | 7.92 | −2.84 | −26.4% |
| 1979 | 10.76 | +0.82 | +8.24% |
| 1978 | 9.95 | +0.13 | +1.34% |
| 1977 | 9.81 | +2.83 | +40.61% |
| 1976 | 6.98 | +3.19 | +84.07% |
| 1975 | 3.79 | — | — |
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.