Reserves in months of imports — all countries

Reserves in months of imports — Southern Europe

Reserves in months of imports in Southern Europe in 2024 — 2.91 months. Since 2007, the indicator has risen by 136.3%.

2024 2.91 months +10.71% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 3.62 months2020
Period minimum 1.17 months2008

Trend over time

2007–2024 · months of imports

Reserves in months of imports — Southern Europe, 2007–20240123420072009201120132015201720192021202320242007: 1.23 months2008: 1.17 months2009: 1.98 months2010: 2.14 months2011: 2.12 months2012: 2.59 months2013: 2.22 months2014: 2.14 months2015: 2.37 months2016: 2.54 months2017: 2.53 months2018: 2.3 months2019: 2.62 months2020: 3.62 months2021: 3.12 months2022: 2.59 months2023: 2.62 months2024: 2.91 months
Change over the period: +1.68 (+136.34%) Average annual rate: 5.19 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Europe 2.91 months
World 8.8 months
Reserves in months of imports — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year months Change Change, %
2024 2.91 +0.28 +10.71%
2023 2.62 +0.03 +1.25%
2022 2.59 −0.53 −17.01%
2021 3.12 −0.5 −13.85%
2020 3.62 +1 +38.09%
2019 2.62 +0.32 +14.09%
2018 2.3 −0.23 −9.21%
2017 2.53 −0.01 −0.26%
2016 2.54 +0.17 +7.33%
2015 2.37 +0.23 +10.87%
2014 2.14 −0.08 −3.7%
2013 2.22 −0.37 −14.42%
2012 2.59 +0.47 +22%
2011 2.12 −0.02 −0.81%
2010 2.14 +0.16 +8.26%
2009 1.98 +0.81 +69.7%
2008 1.17 −0.06 −5.19%
2007 1.23

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.