Japan - Total reserves in months of imports

Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in Japan was 18.60 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18.60 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5.41 in 1996.

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
1996 5.41
1997 5.68
1998 6.61
1999 8.25
2000 8.80
2001 10.69
2002 13.07
2003 17.06
2004 17.96
2005 15.84
2006 15.02
2007 15.01
2008 13.33
2009 18.38
2010 15.81
2011 15.23
2012 14.23
2013 14.97
2014 14.21
2015 16.80
2016 16.97
2017 16.27
2018 14.69
2019 15.42
2020 18.60

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments