Costa Rica vs Iceland: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods
Costa Rica
0.6805
in 2025
Iceland
0.677
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
40th
Iceland rank
42nd
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods over time
- Costa Rica
- Iceland
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.6805 against 0.677 in Iceland, a difference of 0.0035.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 40th and Iceland ranks 42nd of 116 countries.
Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2494 | 0.2507 | 0.0014 | Iceland |
| 2000s | 0.304 | 0.3957 | 0.0917 | Iceland |
| 2010s | 0.4647 | 1.07 | 0.6078 | Iceland |
| 2020s | 0.5273 | 0.754 | 0.2267 | Iceland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign reserves, months import cover, goods, Costa Rica or Iceland?
- Costa Rica, at 0.6805 against 0.677 in Iceland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign reserves, months import cover, goods between Costa Rica and Iceland?
- 0.0035, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Iceland?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Iceland rank globally for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- Costa Rica ranks 40th and Iceland ranks 42nd of 116 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data, published as Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The stock of international reserves is expressed as the number of months of financing-coverage it represents for the given country's imports of merchandise goods.