Reserves in months of imports — all countries

Reserves in months of imports — Eastern Europe

Reserves in months of imports in Eastern Europe in 2025 — 5.36 months. Since 1994, the indicator has risen by 174%.

2025 5.36 months −28.85% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 9.18 months2020
Period minimum 1.96 months1994

Trend over time

1994–2025 · months of imports

Reserves in months of imports — Eastern Europe, 1994–202502.557.5101994199820022006201020142018202220251994: 1.96 months1995: 3.4 months1996: 3.15 months1997: 3.06 months1998: 3.37 months1999: 3.78 months2000: 4.14 months2001: 4.21 months2002: 5.06 months2003: 5.29 months2004: 5.41 months2005: 5.92 months2006: 6.51 months2007: 7.27 months2008: 5.41 months2009: 8.02 months2010: 7.43 months2011: 6.3 months2012: 6.63 months2013: 6.22 months2014: 5.17 months2015: 6.36 months2016: 6.79 months2017: 6.98 months2018: 6.57 months2019: 7.24 months2020: 9.18 months2021: 7.41 months2022: 6.71 months2023: 7.33 months2024: 7.54 months2025: 5.36 months
Change over the period: +3.41 (+173.98%) Average annual rate: 3.3 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Eastern Europe 5.36 months
World 8.89 months
Reserves in months of imports — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year months Change Change, %
2025 5.36 −2.17 −28.85%
2024 7.54 +0.21 +2.86%
2023 7.33 +0.62 +9.28%
2022 6.71 −0.71 −9.53%
2021 7.41 −1.76 −19.21%
2020 9.18 +1.94 +26.76%
2019 7.24 +0.67 +10.18%
2018 6.57 −0.41 −5.86%
2017 6.98 +0.19 +2.79%
2016 6.79 +0.43 +6.77%
2015 6.36 +1.18 +22.9%
2014 5.17 −1.05 −16.85%
2013 6.22 −0.4 −6.1%
2012 6.63 +0.33 +5.17%
2011 6.3 −1.12 −15.14%
2010 7.43 −0.6 −7.44%
2009 8.02 +2.61 +48.14%
2008 5.41 −1.86 −25.55%
2007 7.27 +0.76 +11.72%
2006 6.51 +0.59 +9.98%
2005 5.92 +0.51 +9.38%
2004 5.41 +0.12 +2.26%
2003 5.29 +0.23 +4.51%
2002 5.06 +0.85 +20.2%
2001 4.21 +0.08 +1.86%
2000 4.14 +0.36 +9.46%
1999 3.78 +0.41 +12.15%
1998 3.37 +0.3 +9.95%
1997 3.06 −0.08 −2.57%
1996 3.15 −0.25 −7.5%
1995 3.4 +1.44 +73.65%
1994 1.96

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.