Reserves in months of imports — all countries

Reserves in months of imports — Vietnam

Reserves in months of imports in Vietnam in 2024 — 2.37 months. Ranked 108 in the world out of 150. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 46.5%.

2024 2.37 months −21.33% vs 2023
World rank 108of 150
Period maximum 4.08 months2007
Period minimum 1.42 months2011

Trend over time

1996–2024 · months of imports

Reserves in months of imports — Vietnam, 1996–2024024619961999200220052008201120142017202020231996: 1.62 months1997: 1.67 months1998: 1.68 months1999: 2.81 months2000: 2.26 months2001: 2.36 months2002: 2.21 months2003: 2.69 months2004: 2.44 months2005: 2.65 months2006: 3.22 months2007: 4.08 months2008: 3.21 months2009: 2.57 months2010: 1.62 months2011: 1.42 months2012: 2.49 months2013: 2.15 months2014: 2.54 months2015: 1.85 months2016: 2.22 months2017: 2.46 months2018: 2.53 months2019: 3.37 months2020: 3.98 months2021: 3.69 months2022: 2.65 months2023: 3.02 months2024: 2.37 months
Change over the period: +0.75 (+46.54%) Average annual rate: 1.37 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Vietnam 2.37 months
World 8.8 months
East Asia & Pacific 10.6 months
South-Eastern Asia computed 4.89 months
Lower-middle-income countries computed 5.58 months
Reserves in months of imports — Vietnam, by year Vietnam All countries CSV XLSX
Year months Change Change, %
2024 2.37 −0.64 −21.33%
2023 3.02 +0.37 +13.85%
2022 2.65 −1.04 −28.09%
2021 3.69 −0.29 −7.35%
2020 3.98 +0.61 +18.16%
2019 3.37 +0.84 +33.1%
2018 2.53 +0.07 +2.71%
2017 2.46 +0.24 +10.74%
2016 2.22 +0.37 +20.19%
2015 1.85 −0.69 −27.05%
2014 2.54 +0.39 +18.16%
2013 2.15 −0.34 −13.69%
2012 2.49 +1.07 +75.47%
2011 1.42 −0.2 −12.54%
2010 1.62 −0.95 −37.05%
2009 2.57 −0.64 −19.92%
2008 3.21 −0.86 −21.12%
2007 4.08 +0.85 +26.37%
2006 3.22 +0.57 +21.52%
2005 2.65 +0.21 +8.63%
2004 2.44 −0.25 −9.35%
2003 2.69 +0.48 +21.77%
2002 2.21 −0.14 −6.03%
2001 2.36 +0.09 +4.01%
2000 2.26 −0.55 −19.57%
1999 2.81 +1.13 +67.54%
1998 1.68 +0.01 +0.57%
1997 1.67 +0.05 +3.12%
1996 1.62

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.