Arab World - Total reserves in months of imports

Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in Arab World was 22.47 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.48 in 2011 and a minimum value of 4.30 in 1991.

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 20.47
1977 10.20
1978 5.57
1979 5.50
1980 6.85
1981 5.11
1982 5.20
1983 4.79
1984 4.49
1985 6.55
1986 7.24
1987 7.53
1988 6.30
1989 5.08
1990 4.48
1991 4.30
2005 18.37
2006 22.08
2007 24.27
2008 25.59
2009 26.60
2010 26.91
2011 32.48
2012 30.38
2013 29.81
2014 26.96
2015 25.21
2016 27.63
2017 25.42
2018 23.26
2019 21.46
2020 22.47

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments