Reserves in months of imports — all countries

Reserves in months of imports — Eastern Asia

Reserves in months of imports in Eastern Asia in 2024 — 10.63 months. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 41%.

2024 10.63 months +2.18% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 17.93 months2009
Period minimum 7.54 months1998

Trend over time

1998–2024 · months of imports

Reserves in months of imports — Eastern Asia, 1998–2024510152019982001200420072010201320162019202220241998: 7.54 months1999: 8.31 months2000: 7.97 months2001: 9.5 months2002: 11.29 months2003: 11.77 months2004: 12.46 months2005: 11.97 months2006: 12.05 months2007: 13.07 months2008: 12.83 months2009: 17.93 months2010: 17.24 months2011: 14.09 months2012: 13.93 months2013: 14.44 months2014: 14.18 months2015: 14.45 months2016: 13.99 months2017: 13.12 months2018: 11.57 months2019: 12.19 months2020: 13.64 months2021: 11.08 months2022: 9.92 months2023: 10.4 months2024: 10.63 months
Change over the period: +3.09 (+41.01%) Average annual rate: 1.33 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Asia 10.63 months
World 8.8 months
Reserves in months of imports — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year months Change Change, %
2024 10.63 +0.23 +2.18%
2023 10.4 +0.48 +4.86%
2022 9.92 −1.16 −10.46%
2021 11.08 −2.56 −18.78%
2020 13.64 +1.45 +11.87%
2019 12.19 +0.62 +5.36%
2018 11.57 −1.55 −11.79%
2017 13.12 −0.87 −6.25%
2016 13.99 −0.46 −3.15%
2015 14.45 +0.27 +1.88%
2014 14.18 −0.26 −1.82%
2013 14.44 +0.52 +3.7%
2012 13.93 −0.16 −1.16%
2011 14.09 −3.15 −18.25%
2010 17.24 −0.7 −3.88%
2009 17.93 +5.1 +39.75%
2008 12.83 −0.24 −1.86%
2007 13.07 +1.02 +8.46%
2006 12.05 +0.09 +0.72%
2005 11.97 −0.49 −3.96%
2004 12.46 +0.69 +5.88%
2003 11.77 +0.48 +4.22%
2002 11.29 +1.8 +18.92%
2001 9.5 +1.53 +19.18%
2000 7.97 −0.34 −4.15%
1999 8.31 +0.78 +10.3%
1998 7.54

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.