Reserves in months of imports in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025 — 6.46 months. Since 1977, the indicator has risen by 99.7%.
1977–2025 · months of imports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Year | months | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.46 | +1.08 | +20.18% |
| 2024 | 5.37 | +0.72 | +15.37% |
| 2023 | 4.66 | +0.27 | +6.23% |
| 2022 | 4.38 | −1.14 | −20.57% |
| 2021 | 5.52 | −0.59 | −9.58% |
| 2020 | 6.11 | +1.26 | +25.99% |
| 2019 | 4.85 | −0.21 | −4.17% |
| 2018 | 5.06 | −0.82 | −13.91% |
| 2017 | 5.87 | +0.01 | +0.17% |
| 2016 | 5.86 | +1.07 | +22.36% |
| 2015 | 4.79 | +0.32 | +7.06% |
| 2014 | 4.48 | −0.42 | −8.56% |
| 2013 | 4.9 | −0.12 | −2.34% |
| 2012 | 5.01 | +0.44 | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 4.57 | −0.38 | −7.72% |
| 2010 | 4.95 | −1.47 | −22.87% |
| 2009 | 6.42 | +0.52 | +8.83% |
| 2008 | 5.9 | −1.47 | −19.94% |
| 2007 | 7.37 | −0.9 | −10.88% |
| 2006 | 8.27 | +1.65 | +25.02% |
| 2005 | 6.61 | +0.41 | +6.65% |
| 2004 | 6.2 | +0.56 | +9.92% |
| 2003 | 5.64 | −1.35 | −19.36% |
| 2002 | 7 | −1.58 | −18.46% |
| 2001 | 8.58 | −0.08 | −0.95% |
| 2000 | 8.66 | +0.46 | +5.61% |
| 1999 | 8.2 | −4.11 | −33.41% |
| 1998 | 12.31 | +1.46 | +13.46% |
| 1997 | 10.85 | +0.69 | +6.78% |
| 1996 | 10.16 | +2.04 | +25.13% |
| 1995 | 8.12 | −0.72 | −8.11% |
| 1994 | 8.84 | −0.07 | −0.74% |
| 1993 | 8.91 | +1.44 | +19.24% |
| 1992 | 7.47 | +0.7 | +10.39% |
| 1991 | 6.77 | +0.45 | +7.06% |
| 1990 | 6.32 | −0.24 | −3.59% |
| 1989 | 6.56 | +1.32 | +25.11% |
| 1988 | 5.24 | +0 | +0.08% |
| 1987 | 5.24 | +0.93 | +21.54% |
| 1986 | 4.31 | +1.12 | +35.16% |
| 1985 | 3.19 | +1.01 | +46.2% |
| 1984 | 2.18 | +0.03 | +1.56% |
| 1983 | 2.15 | +0.22 | +11.57% |
| 1982 | 1.92 | −0.06 | −2.95% |
| 1981 | 1.98 | −2.53 | −56.06% |
| 1980 | 4.51 | +0.32 | +7.61% |
| 1979 | 4.19 | +2.02 | +92.9% |
| 1978 | 2.17 | −1.06 | −32.81% |
| 1977 | 3.23 | — | — |
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.