Lower middle income vs Saudi Arabia: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods
Lower middle income
0.7791
in 2025
Saudi Arabia
1.82
in 2025
Lower middle income rank
8th
Saudi Arabia rank
9th
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods over time
- Lower middle income
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 1.82 against 0.7791 in Lower middle income, a difference of 1.04.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 2.3 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Lower middle income ranks 8th and Saudi Arabia ranks 9th of 10 groups.
Saudi Arabia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.864 | 2.32 | 1.46 | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 0.7339 | 3.91 | 3.18 | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 0.8103 | 2.42 | 1.61 | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign reserves, months import cover, goods, Lower middle income or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 1.82 against 0.7791 in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign reserves, months import cover, goods between Lower middle income and Saudi Arabia?
- 1.04, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Saudi Arabia?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2025.
- How do Lower middle income and Saudi Arabia rank globally for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- Lower middle income ranks 8th and Saudi Arabia ranks 9th of 10 groups.
- 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.