Saudi Arabia - Total reserves in months of imports

Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in Saudi Arabia was 29.86 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36.64 in 2013 and a minimum value of 1.39 in 1992.

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
1971 10.96
1972 16.60
1973 10.12
1974 21.61
1975 22.68
1976 15.17
1977 12.56
1978 6.23
1979 5.16
1980 5.00
1981 5.13
1982 5.03
1983 4.74
1984 4.86
1985 6.63
1986 6.35
1987 7.92
1988 7.60
1989 5.57
1990 3.58
1991 2.40
1992 1.39
1993 2.11
1994 2.60
1995 2.65
1996 3.68
1997 3.52
1998 3.94
1999 4.64
2000 4.48
2001 4.31
2002 4.97
2003 4.99
2004 4.98
2005 20.47
2006 22.90
2007 24.05
2008 28.65
2009 29.17
2010 29.74
2011 32.10
2012 35.48
2013 36.64
2014 33.14
2015 29.44
2016 31.82
2017 29.09
2018 27.62
2019 26.67
2020 29.86

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments