Reserves in months of imports in Southern Africa in 2024 — 5.44 months. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 51%.
1980–2024 · months of imports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Africa
| Year | months | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.44 | +0.17 | +3.21% |
| 2023 | 5.27 | +0.45 | +9.42% |
| 2022 | 4.81 | −0.65 | −11.89% |
| 2021 | 5.46 | −1.47 | −21.21% |
| 2020 | 6.93 | +1.5 | +27.53% |
| 2019 | 5.44 | +0.53 | +10.85% |
| 2018 | 4.91 | −0.52 | −9.64% |
| 2017 | 5.43 | −0.15 | −2.75% |
| 2016 | 5.58 | +0.6 | +12.15% |
| 2015 | 4.98 | +0.32 | +6.87% |
| 2014 | 4.66 | +0.12 | +2.65% |
| 2013 | 4.54 | −0.04 | −0.87% |
| 2012 | 4.58 | +0.05 | +1.03% |
| 2011 | 4.53 | −0.42 | −8.49% |
| 2010 | 4.95 | −0.9 | −15.33% |
| 2009 | 5.85 | +1.92 | +48.82% |
| 2008 | 3.93 | −0.2 | −4.95% |
| 2007 | 4.13 | +0.3 | +7.74% |
| 2006 | 3.84 | +0.15 | +4.18% |
| 2005 | 3.68 | +0.4 | +12.18% |
| 2004 | 3.28 | +0.5 | +18% |
| 2003 | 2.78 | −0.85 | −23.34% |
| 2002 | 3.63 | −0.27 | −6.89% |
| 2001 | 3.9 | +0.14 | +3.83% |
| 2000 | 3.75 | −0.26 | −6.47% |
| 1999 | 4.01 | +0.79 | +24.49% |
| 1998 | 3.22 | +0.23 | +7.58% |
| 1997 | 3 | +1.13 | +60.79% |
| 1996 | 1.86 | −0.69 | −27.01% |
| 1995 | 2.55 | −0.07 | −2.8% |
| 1994 | 2.63 | −0.04 | −1.68% |
| 1993 | 2.67 | +0.1 | +4.02% |
| 1992 | 2.57 | — | — |
| 1981 | 1.81 | −1.79 | −49.78% |
| 1980 | 3.6 | — | — |
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.