Japan vs Lower middle income: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods
Japan
1.56
in 2024
Lower middle income
0.7507
in 2024
Japan rank
10th
Lower middle income rank
8th
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods over time
- Japan
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Japan currently reports 1.56 against 0.7507 in Lower middle income, a difference of 0.8093.
That makes Japan's figure about 2.1 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 10th and Lower middle income ranks 8th of 116 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.55 | 0.8656 | 0.6835 | Japan |
| 2010s | 1.65 | 0.735 | 0.9151 | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.67 | 0.8161 | 0.8492 | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign reserves, months import cover, goods, Japan or Lower middle income?
- Japan, at 1.56 against 0.7507 in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in foreign reserves, months import cover, goods between Japan and Lower middle income?
- 0.8093, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Lower middle income?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Lower middle income rank globally for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- Japan ranks 10th and Lower middle income ranks 8th 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.