Reserves in months of imports in Central America in 2024 — 3.69 months. Since 1977, the indicator has risen by 37.5%.
1977–2024 · months of imports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central America
| Year | months | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.69 | +0.13 | +3.72% |
| 2023 | 3.56 | +0.14 | +4.06% |
| 2022 | 3.42 | −0.84 | −19.74% |
| 2021 | 4.26 | −1.04 | −19.55% |
| 2020 | 5.3 | +1.34 | +34.02% |
| 2019 | 3.95 | +0.27 | +7.33% |
| 2018 | 3.68 | −0.35 | −8.63% |
| 2017 | 4.03 | −0.34 | −7.74% |
| 2016 | 4.37 | +0.12 | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 4.24 | −0.23 | −5.2% |
| 2014 | 4.48 | +0.24 | +5.57% |
| 2013 | 4.24 | +0.1 | +2.38% |
| 2012 | 4.14 | +0.19 | +4.88% |
| 2011 | 3.95 | +0.06 | +1.47% |
| 2010 | 3.89 | −0.16 | −3.86% |
| 2009 | 4.05 | +1.05 | +35.13% |
| 2008 | 3 | −0.02 | −0.75% |
| 2007 | 3.02 | +0.07 | +2.26% |
| 2006 | 2.95 | −0.29 | −9.06% |
| 2005 | 3.25 | +0.02 | +0.51% |
| 2004 | 3.23 | −0.17 | −4.97% |
| 2003 | 3.4 | +0.4 | +13.47% |
| 2002 | 3 | +0.29 | +10.88% |
| 2001 | 2.7 | +0.57 | +26.99% |
| 2000 | 2.13 | −0.19 | −8.33% |
| 1999 | 2.32 | −0.14 | −5.79% |
| 1998 | 2.46 | −0.79 | −24.4% |
| 1997 | 3.26 | +0.65 | +24.95% |
| 1996 | 2.61 | −0.03 | −1.16% |
| 1995 | 2.64 | +1.53 | +137.01% |
| 1994 | 1.11 | −2.56 | −69.73% |
| 1993 | 3.68 | +0.67 | +22.39% |
| 1992 | 3 | −0.33 | −9.95% |
| 1991 | 3.34 | +1.15 | +52.39% |
| 1990 | 2.19 | +0.38 | +21.11% |
| 1989 | 1.81 | −0.18 | −9.22% |
| 1988 | 1.99 | −2.52 | −55.83% |
| 1987 | 4.51 | +1.85 | +69.51% |
| 1986 | 2.66 | +0.58 | +28.07% |
| 1985 | 2.08 | −0.65 | −23.87% |
| 1984 | 2.73 | +0.55 | +25.13% |
| 1983 | 2.18 | +1.3 | +146.42% |
| 1982 | 0.88 | −0.38 | −29.9% |
| 1981 | 1.26 | −0.3 | −19.24% |
| 1980 | 1.56 | −0.44 | −22.12% |
| 1979 | 2.01 | −0.7 | −25.81% |
| 1978 | 2.7 | +0.02 | +0.77% |
| 1977 | 2.68 | — | — |
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.