Israel - Total reserves in months of imports

Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in Israel was 17.60 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18.57 in 2020 and a minimum value of 2.06 in 1975.

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
1960 3.83
1961 4.08
1965 6.32
1966 5.81
1967 5.93
1968 4.60
1969 2.34
1970 2.07
1971 2.88
1972 4.67
1973 4.31
1974 2.41
1975 2.06
1976 2.37
1977 2.63
1978 3.57
1979 3.82
1980 3.62
1981 3.26
1982 3.55
1983 3.27
1984 2.68
1985 3.27
1986 3.90
1987 3.90
1988 2.60
1989 3.29
1990 3.33
1991 3.01
1992 2.23
1993 2.53
1994 2.40
1995 2.46
1996 3.21
1997 5.67
1998 6.41
1999 5.57
2000 4.76
2001 5.41
2002 5.80
2003 6.06
2004 5.42
2005 5.16
2006 4.87
2007 4.01
2008 5.33
2009 9.74
2010 9.64
2011 8.56
2012 8.51
2013 9.14
2014 9.66
2015 10.96
2016 10.94
2017 12.02
2018 11.16
2019 12.05
2020 18.57
2021 17.60

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments