Middle income vs Saudi Arabia: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods
Middle income
0.8918
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
1.88
in 2024
Middle income rank
6th
Saudi Arabia rank
9th
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods over time
- Middle income
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 1.88 against 0.8918 in Middle income, a difference of 0.9882.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 2.1 times Middle income's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Middle income ahead.
Middle income ranks 6th and Saudi Arabia ranks 9th of 10 groups.
Across the 4 decades both report, Middle income averaged higher in 1 and Saudi Arabia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Middle income | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5527 | 0.4768 | 0.0759 | Middle income |
| 2000s | 0.8702 | 2.16 | 1.29 | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 1.16 | 3.91 | 2.75 | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 0.9607 | 2.54 | 1.58 | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign reserves, months import cover, goods, Middle income or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 1.88 against 0.8918 in Middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in foreign reserves, months import cover, goods between Middle income and Saudi Arabia?
- 0.9882, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Middle income and Saudi Arabia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2024.
- How do Middle income and Saudi Arabia rank globally for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- Middle income ranks 6th 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.