Reserves in months of imports in Western Europe in 2025 — 4.27 months. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 123.1%.
1999–2025 · months of imports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Europe
| Year | months | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.27 | +1.34 | +45.69% |
| 2024 | 2.93 | +0.3 | +11.27% |
| 2023 | 2.64 | −0.14 | −5.12% |
| 2022 | 2.78 | −0.65 | −18.95% |
| 2021 | 3.43 | −0.54 | −13.55% |
| 2020 | 3.97 | +1.1 | +38.62% |
| 2019 | 2.86 | +0.33 | +13% |
| 2018 | 2.53 | −0.32 | −11.26% |
| 2017 | 2.85 | +0.06 | +2.28% |
| 2016 | 2.79 | +0.19 | +7.3% |
| 2015 | 2.6 | +0.36 | +16.11% |
| 2014 | 2.24 | −0.16 | −6.61% |
| 2013 | 2.4 | −0.34 | −12.39% |
| 2012 | 2.74 | +0.7 | +34.41% |
| 2011 | 2.04 | −0.08 | −3.9% |
| 2010 | 2.12 | +0.47 | +28.53% |
| 2009 | 1.65 | +0.72 | +76.82% |
| 2008 | 0.93 | −0.12 | −11.59% |
| 2007 | 1.05 | −0.02 | −1.47% |
| 2006 | 1.07 | +0.03 | +2.77% |
| 2005 | 1.04 | −0.23 | −17.82% |
| 2004 | 1.27 | −0.19 | −13.32% |
| 2003 | 1.46 | −0.12 | −7.67% |
| 2002 | 1.58 | +0.04 | +2.32% |
| 2001 | 1.55 | −0.07 | −4.32% |
| 2000 | 1.62 | −0.3 | −15.6% |
| 1999 | 1.92 | — | — |
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.
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