Ireland - Total reserves in months of imports

Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in Ireland was 0.133 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 15 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.133 in 2020 and a minimum value of 0.033 in 2007.

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
2005 0.047
2006 0.037
2007 0.033
2008 0.035
2009 0.092
2010 0.091
2011 0.066
2012 0.065
2013 0.062
2014 0.058
2015 0.065
2016 0.096
2017 0.108
2018 0.115
2019 0.103
2020 0.133

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments