Reserves in months of imports — all countries

Reserves in months of imports — Central Asia

Reserves in months of imports in Central Asia in 2024 — 6.77 months. Since 2002, the indicator has risen by 134.5%.

2024 6.77 months +21.18% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 9.98 months2020
Period minimum 2.7 months2005

Trend over time

2002–2024 · months of imports

Reserves in months of imports — Central Asia, 2002–202402.557.510200220052008201120142017202020232002: 2.89 months2003: 3.75 months2004: 4.78 months2005: 2.7 months2006: 4.91 months2007: 3.26 months2008: 3.06 months2009: 4.82 months2010: 4.87 months2011: 4.09 months2012: 3.57 months2013: 5.42 months2014: 6.63 months2015: 8.25 months2016: 9.53 months2017: 9.13 months2018: 7.39 months2019: 6.83 months2020: 9.98 months2021: 8.26 months2022: 6.72 months2023: 5.59 months2024: 6.77 months
Change over the period: +3.88 (+134.53%) Average annual rate: 3.95 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Central Asia 6.77 months
World 8.8 months
Reserves in months of imports — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year months Change Change, %
2024 6.77 +1.18 +21.18%
2023 5.59 −1.13 −16.85%
2022 6.72 −1.54 −18.61%
2021 8.26 −1.72 −17.25%
2020 9.98 +3.14 +46.01%
2019 6.83 −0.56 −7.52%
2018 7.39 −1.74 −19.09%
2017 9.13 −0.39 −4.14%
2016 9.53 +1.28 +15.45%
2015 8.25 +1.63 +24.56%
2014 6.63 +1.2 +22.19%
2013 5.42 +1.85 +51.86%
2012 3.57 −0.52 −12.72%
2011 4.09 −0.77 −15.92%
2010 4.87 +0.04 +0.92%
2009 4.82 +1.76 +57.51%
2008 3.06 −0.2 −6.03%
2007 3.26 −1.65 −33.64%
2006 4.91 +2.21 +81.95%
2005 2.7 −2.09 −43.62%
2004 4.78 +1.04 +27.71%
2003 3.75 +0.86 +29.75%
2002 2.89

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.