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Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods by country

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.

Countries reporting
116
Highest
421.22
Rwanda
Lowest
0.0304
Tajikistan
Median
0.516
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
3,364

What the numbers show

Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods is currently reported for 116 countries. The highest value is 421.22 in Rwanda; the lowest is 0.0304 in Tajikistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.516, and the mean is 4.3.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13,858.

Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 110,067.0%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 92.7%).

Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Rwanda 421.22 2015 up 110,067.0% volatile
2 Qatar 5.45 2025 up 75.5% rising
3 Switzerland 3.11 2016 up 1,243.7% volatile
4 Russia 2.47 2025 up 29.9% volatile
5 Algeria 2.43 2016 down 32.3% rising
6 Lebanon 2.3 2016 up 55.9% rising
7 Syria 2.25 2010 up 25,722.1% volatile
8 Taiwan 1.91 2016 up 47.1% rising
9 Saudi Arabia 1.82 2025 down 48.5% volatile
10 Japan 1.66 2025 down 11.1% rising
11 Peru 1.54 2025 down 6.4% rising
12 Israel 1.52 2018 up 131.2% rising
13 Mauritius 1.49 2025 up 70.5% rising
14 Uruguay 1.47 2025 down 10.8% rising
15 Jordan 1.37 2025 up 19.2% flat
16 China 1.33 2025 down 34.2% rising
17 Brazil 1.28 2025 down 37.9% rising
18 Brunei 1.07 2015 — rising
19 Botswana 1.06 2018 down 39.6% falling
20 Singapore 1.03 2025 down 9.5% rising
21 Kuwait 1.01 2016 up 29.9% rising
22 Kazakhstan 1 2025 up 11.6% rising
23 Colombia 0.9976 2025 up 10.4% rising
24 Nicaragua 0.9224 2025 up 100.7% rising
25 India 0.9115 2025 up 2.3% rising
26 Oman 0.8767 2016 up 48.1% rising
27 Kenya 0.8604 2025 up 41.6% rising
28 Albania 0.8372 2025 up 15.5% rising
29 Jamaica 0.8366 2025 up 73.1% volatile
30 Philippines 0.8255 2025 down 27.3% rising
31 Denmark 0.8119 2025 up 15.1% rising
32 Thailand 0.8106 2025 up 4.6% rising
33 Norway 0.7931 2025 up 5.5% rising
34 Bulgaria 0.7747 2025 up 2.9% volatile
35 Tonga 0.7548 2013 up 127.9% rising
36 Nigeria 0.7435 2016 down 57.5% falling
37 South Africa 0.7226 2025 up 35.1% rising
38 Czechia 0.6938 2025 up 52.3% rising
39 Haiti 0.6878 2013 up 1,472.7% volatile
40 Costa Rica 0.6805 2025 up 28.0% rising
41 South Korea 0.6774 2025 down 19.7% rising
42 Iceland 0.677 2025 down 27.7% volatile
43 Gabon 0.6754 2008 up 390.4% volatile
44 Kyrgyzstan 0.6638 2025 up 53.9% falling
45 Indonesia 0.6487 2025 down 12.6% rising
46 Poland 0.638 2025 up 32.3% flat
47 Dominica 0.6358 2018 up 184.8% volatile
48 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6303 2025 up 18.3% rising
49 Chile 0.6254 2025 down 33.2% volatile
50 Ukraine 0.6174 2024 up 350.8% rising
51 Mongolia 0.6137 2025 up 76.7% rising
52 Hong Kong 0.5871 2025 down 14.4% rising
53 New Zealand 0.5854 2025 up 45.8% rising
54 Central African Republic 0.5761 2008 down 74.6% volatile
55 Moldova 0.5508 2025 up 25.7% rising
56 Morocco 0.5479 2025 down 8.3% falling
57 Turkey 0.5355 2025 up 0.6% flat
58 Guatemala 0.5234 2016 up 58.8% rising
59 Egypt 0.5086 2025 up 129.9% volatile
60 Paraguay 0.5034 2025 up 6.3% volatile
61 Uganda 0.5003 2018 down 12.1% falling
62 Dominican Republic 0.4931 2025 up 58.2% rising
63 Bangladesh 0.4907 2025 down 29.5% rising
64 Samoa 0.4477 2018 up 35.8% falling
65 North Macedonia 0.4424 2025 up 15.3% rising
66 Pakistan 0.4046 2025 down 8.3% volatile
67 Armenia 0.3911 2025 down 28.6% rising
68 Mexico 0.3794 2025 down 15.2% rising
69 Hungary 0.3731 2025 up 3.0% falling
70 Seychelles 0.3701 2015 up 403.6% volatile
71 Bolivia 0.3701 2025 down 72.3% volatile
72 Malaysia 0.3698 2025 down 31.6% rising
73 Honduras 0.3593 2016 down 0.2% falling
74 Zambia 0.3532 2015 up 56.4% rising
75 Georgia 0.3292 2025 down 4.1% rising
76 Sierra Leone 0.3199 2008 up 73.4% rising
77 Sri Lanka 0.3194 2025 down 17.1% falling
78 Tunisia 0.3046 2025 down 17.0% rising
79 Myanmar 0.2956 2016 down 39.7% volatile
80 Sweden 0.2806 2025 down 28.1% flat
81 El Salvador 0.2696 2025 down 0.4% falling
82 Maldives 0.2439 2018 up 40.0% falling
83 Latvia 0.2389 2016 down 37.8% falling
84 Vietnam 0.2344 2018 down 23.7% falling
85 Belarus 0.2254 2025 up 142.8% rising
86 Australia 0.2186 2025 up 1.6% falling
87 Canada 0.2175 2025 up 17.3% rising
88 Malawi 0.2146 2014 up 55.6% volatile
89 Bahrain 0.2115 2016 up 67,799.2% volatile
90 United Kingdom 0.2074 2025 down 6.9% rising
91 Finland 0.1924 2025 up 38.4% falling
92 Ecuador 0.1839 2016 up 68.9% rising
93 Spain 0.1791 2025 up 21.8% volatile
94 Panama 0.1601 2018 down 40.6% falling
95 Belize 0.1537 2018 up 55.9% rising
96 Burundi 0.1534 2016 down 49.4% flat
97 Slovakia 0.1478 2025 up 267.4% volatile
98 Venezuela 0.1465 2013 down 92.7% volatile
99 Italy 0.1449 2025 up 17.0% falling
100 Lithuania 0.1443 2025 up 140.5% falling
101 Portugal 0.1274 2025 up 22.5% volatile
102 Romania 0.1214 2025 down 1.1% volatile
103 France 0.1197 2025 up 12.2% falling
104 Luxembourg 0.0989 2025 up 177.1% volatile
105 Estonia 0.0961 2025 up 236.7% volatile
106 Greece 0.0902 2025 up 78.6% volatile
107 Croatia 0.0829 2025 down 88.6% rising
108 United States 0.0794 2025 up 49.7% falling
109 Ireland 0.0734 2025 up 183.5% volatile
110 Germany 0.0718 2025 up 18.7% volatile
111 Cyprus 0.0684 2025 up 38.1% volatile
112 Austria 0.0663 2025 down 25.1% volatile
113 Belgium 0.0464 2025 up 4.3% volatile
114 Netherlands 0.0458 2025 up 8.6% volatile
115 Slovenia 0.0443 2025 up 33.7% volatile
116 Tajikistan 0.0304 2015 down 57.3% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods
Source
World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
126 places, 3,364 data points, 1991–2025
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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.