Libya - Total reserves in months of imports

Total reserves in months of imports

The value for Total reserves in months of imports in Libya was 39.25 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 42 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 79.24 in 2011 and a minimum value of 4.81 in 1984.

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
1977 8.10
1978 6.51
1979 7.69
1980 12.76
1981 6.64
1982 7.14
1983 6.21
1984 4.81
1985 10.53
1986 14.56
1987 12.76
1988 8.88
1989 8.27
1990 9.17
1991 7.44
1992 9.63
1993 6.92
1994 9.09
1995 11.93
1996 10.46
1997 10.33
1998 17.54
1999 18.72
2000 26.68
2001 25.93
2002 18.23
2003 25.96
2004 27.54
2005 32.13
2006 40.24
2007 43.77
2008 38.68
2009 43.01
2010 38.56
2011 79.24
2012 40.53
2013 31.69
2014 28.69
2015 43.25
2016 69.98
2017 58.58
2018 50.62
2019 39.25

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments