Brazil - Total reserves in months of imports

Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in Brazil was 11.49 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.98 in 2016 and a minimum value of 1.21 in 1982.

Definition: Total reserves comprise holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights, reserves of IMF members held by the IMF, and holdings of foreign exchange under the control of monetary authorities. The gold component of these reserves is valued at year-end (December 31) London prices. This item shows reserves expressed in terms of the number of months of imports of goods and services they could pay for [Reserves/(Imports/12)].

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1975 2.95
1976 4.48
1977 4.80
1978 6.77
1979 4.14
1980 2.28
1981 2.31
1982 1.21
1983 1.75
1984 4.73
1985 4.69
1986 3.22
1987 3.23
1988 3.34
1989 3.05
1990 2.93
1991 2.90
1992 7.68
1993 8.32
1994 8.50
1995 7.99
1996 8.64
1997 6.45
1998 5.41
1999 5.04
2000 4.19
2001 4.48
2002 5.43
2003 6.89
2004 6.11
2005 5.08
2006 6.68
2007 10.88
2008 8.45
2009 13.08
2010 10.44
2011 10.70
2012 11.87
2013 11.45
2014 11.60
2015 15.09
2016 16.98
2017 14.97
2018 13.24
2019 12.19
2020 14.91
2021 11.49

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments