Belgium - Total reserves in months of imports

Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in Belgium was 0.848 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.848 in 2020 and a minimum value of 0.364 in 2008.

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
2002 0.816
2003 0.718
2004 0.574
2005 0.436
2006 0.438
2007 0.441
2008 0.364
2009 0.694
2010 0.716
2011 0.681
2012 0.767
2013 0.654
2014 0.602
2015 0.699
2016 0.645
2017 0.663
2018 0.615
2019 0.687
2020 0.848

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments