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Reserves in months of imports — Sudan

Reserves in months of imports in Sudan in 2017 — 0.19 months. Ranked 163 in the world out of 166. Since 1977, the indicator has fallen by 37.6%.

2017 0.19 months −9.8% vs 2016
World rank 163of 166
Period maximum 2.78 months2004
Period minimum 0.06 months1991

Trend over time

1977–2017 · months of imports

Reserves in months of imports — Sudan, 1977–20170123197719811985198919931997200120052009201320171977: 0.3 months1978: 0.37 months1979: 0.75 months1980: 0.37 months1981: 0.09 months1982: 0.19 months1983: 0.16 months1984: 0.2 months1985: 0.14 months1986: 0.77 months1987: 0.14 months1988: 0.11 months1989: 0.12 months1990: 0.13 months1991: 0.06 months1992: 0.3 months1993: 0.68 months1994: 0.73 months1995: 1.58 months1996: 0.83 months1997: 0.61 months1998: 0.56 months1999: 1.37 months2000: 0.64 months2001: 0.23 months2002: 0.8 months2003: 1.5 months2004: 2.78 months2005: 2.52 months2006: 1.45 months2007: 1.19 months2008: 1.02 months2009: 0.89 months2010: 0.79 months2011: 0.16 months2012: 0.19 months2013: 0.17 months2014: 0.19 months2015: 0.18 months2016: 0.21 months2017: 0.19 months
Change over the period: −0.11 (−37.61%) Average annual rate: -1.17 %

Comparison, 2017

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

Sudan 0.19 months
World 12.09 months
Sub-Saharan Africa 5.87 months
Northern Africa computed 12.28 months
Reserves in months of imports — Sudan, by year Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year months Change Change, %
2017 0.19 −0.02 −9.8%
2016 0.21 +0.02 +12.25%
2015 0.18 −0.01 −5.71%
2014 0.19 +0.02 +14.25%
2013 0.17 −0.02 −9.41%
2012 0.19 +0.03 +20.86%
2011 0.16 −0.64 −80.35%
2010 0.79 −0.1 −10.83%
2009 0.89 −0.14 −13.18%
2008 1.02 −0.16 −13.55%
2007 1.19 −0.26 −18.24%
2006 1.45 −1.07 −42.47%
2005 2.52 −0.26 −9.21%
2004 2.78 +1.28 +85.46%
2003 1.5 +0.7 +87.86%
2002 0.8 +0.57 +250.67%
2001 0.23 −0.41 −64.37%
2000 0.64 −0.73 −53.43%
1999 1.37 +0.81 +145.12%
1998 0.56 −0.05 −8.71%
1997 0.61 −0.22 −26.42%
1996 0.83 −0.75 −47.26%
1995 1.58 +0.85 +116.05%
1994 0.73 +0.05 +7.81%
1993 0.68 +0.38 +127.09%
1992 0.3 +0.24 +377.84%
1991 0.06 −0.07 −53.32%
1990 0.13 +0.01 +8.25%
1989 0.12 +0.01 +9.56%
1988 0.11 −0.03 −18.4%
1987 0.14 −0.63 −82%
1986 0.77 +0.63 +444.33%
1985 0.14 −0.06 −28.46%
1984 0.2 +0.04 +26.33%
1983 0.16 −0.04 −19.36%
1982 0.19 +0.1 +113.27%
1981 0.09 −0.28 −75.56%
1980 0.37 −0.38 −50.29%
1979 0.75 +0.38 +103.65%
1978 0.37 +0.07 +22.8%
1977 0.3 — —

Northern Africa, 2017

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

LY Libya 58.58 DZ Algeria 19.37 MA Morocco 6.03 EG Egypt 5.72 TN Tunisia 3.06 SD Sudan 0.19
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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.

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