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Reserves in months of imports — Tanzania

Reserves in months of imports in Tanzania in 2018 — 5.39 months. Ranked 52 in the world out of 165. Since 1976, the indicator has risen by 189%.

2018 5.39 months −21.05% vs 2017
World rank 52of 165
Period maximum 8.32 months2003
Period minimum 0.05 months1982

Trend over time

1976–2018 · months of imports

Reserves in months of imports — Tanzania, 1976–201802.557.5101976198119861991199620012006201120161976: 1.87 months1977: 4.01 months1978: 0.95 months1979: 0.67 months1980: 0.17 months1981: 0.17 months1982: 0.05 months1983: 0.26 months1984: 0.31 months1985: 0.16 months1986: 0.59 months1987: 0.27 months1988: 0.63 months1989: 0.43 months1990: 1.39 months1991: 1.42 months1992: 2.05 months1993: 1.11 months1994: 2.03 months1995: 1.57 months1996: 2.47 months1997: 3.63 months1998: 2.99 months1999: 4.06 months2000: 5.35 months2001: 5.46 months2002: 8.08 months2003: 8.32 months2004: 7.31 months2005: 5.3 months2006: 5.2 months2007: 5.2 months2008: 3.77 months2009: 5.2 months2010: 4.79 months2011: 3.48 months2012: 3.63 months2013: 3.91 months2014: 3.71 months2015: 4.3 months2016: 5.21 months2017: 6.83 months2018: 5.39 months
Change over the period: +3.53 (+189.05%) Average annual rate: 2.56 %

Comparison, 2018

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

Tanzania 5.39 months
World 10.8 months
Sub-Saharan Africa 5.06 months
Eastern Africa computed 3.28 months
Lower-middle-income countries computed 5.52 months
Reserves in months of imports — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year months Change Change, %
2018 5.39 −1.44 −21.05%
2017 6.83 +1.61 +30.97%
2016 5.21 +0.92 +21.32%
2015 4.3 +0.59 +15.93%
2014 3.71 −0.2 −5.14%
2013 3.91 +0.27 +7.54%
2012 3.63 +0.16 +4.55%
2011 3.48 −1.31 −27.37%
2010 4.79 −0.41 −7.91%
2009 5.2 +1.43 +37.8%
2008 3.77 −1.43 −27.46%
2007 5.2 +0 +0.01%
2006 5.2 −0.1 −1.89%
2005 5.3 −2.01 −27.52%
2004 7.31 −1.01 −12.13%
2003 8.32 +0.24 +2.96%
2002 8.08 +2.61 +47.85%
2001 5.46 +0.11 +2.08%
2000 5.35 +1.3 +31.96%
1999 4.06 +1.06 +35.6%
1998 2.99 −0.64 −17.54%
1997 3.63 +1.16 +46.81%
1996 2.47 +0.9 +56.99%
1995 1.57 −0.45 −22.35%
1994 2.03 +0.91 +82.23%
1993 1.11 −0.94 −45.82%
1992 2.05 +0.63 +44.52%
1991 1.42 +0.03 +2.23%
1990 1.39 +0.96 +225.75%
1989 0.43 −0.2 −32.08%
1988 0.63 +0.35 +128.7%
1987 0.27 −0.32 −53.5%
1986 0.59 +0.43 +262.47%
1985 0.16 −0.15 −48.23%
1984 0.31 +0.06 +21.47%
1983 0.26 +0.21 +425.15%
1982 0.05 −0.12 −70.61%
1981 0.17 −0 −2.69%
1980 0.17 −0.5 −74.25%
1979 0.67 −0.28 −29.4%
1978 0.95 −3.06 −76.35%
1977 4.01 +2.15 +115.22%
1976 1.87 — —

Eastern Africa, 2018

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

KM Comoros 6.67 TZ Tanzania 5.39 MU Mauritius 5.02 KE Kenya 4.5 RW Rwanda 4.39 UG Uganda 3.99 MG Madagascar 3.91 MZ Mozambique 3.12 SC Seychelles 3 MW Malawi 2.76 ET Ethiopia 2.35 ZM Zambia 1.77 DJ Djibouti 1.24 BI Burundi 0.85 ZW Zimbabwe 0.13 SS South Sudan 0.11
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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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