Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Albania
Albania: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.8372 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Albania, 1993–2025
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
In 2025, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Albania stood at 0.8372.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.7% on the previous year and up 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Albania peaked at 0.8586 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1063, in 1993.
That places Albania 28th out of 116 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Albania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.1063 | — |
| 1994 | 0.3913 | +268.1% |
| 1995 | 0.321 | -17.9% |
| 1996 | 0.3025 | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 0.6334 | +109.4% |
| 1998 | 0.4802 | -24.2% |
| 1999 | 0.4405 | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 0.582 | +32.1% |
| 2001 | 0.5706 | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 0.5713 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.5509 | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 0.5958 | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 0.5478 | -8.1% |
| 2006 | 0.5932 | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 0.5111 | -13.8% |
| 2008 | 0.444 | -13.1% |
| 2009 | 0.5226 | +17.7% |
| 2010 | 0.5575 | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 0.4609 | -17.3% |
| 2012 | 0.531 | +15.2% |
| 2013 | 0.5687 | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 0.5088 | -10.5% |
| 2015 | 0.7246 | +42.4% |
| 2016 | 0.6655 | -8.2% |
| 2017 | 0.6813 | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 0.6539 | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6349 | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 0.8586 | +35.2% |
| 2021 | 0.7321 | -14.7% |
| 2022 | 0.6265 | -14.4% |
| 2023 | 0.7418 | +18.4% |
| 2024 | 0.677 | -8.7% |
| 2025 | 0.8372 | +23.7% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 0.8372 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6174, 1.4× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Albania's 0.8372 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.2254, 3.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Albania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +268.1% | 0.1063 | 0.3913 |
| 1997 | +109.4% | 0.3025 | 0.6334 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3822 | 0.1063 | 0.6334 | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.5489 | 0.444 | 0.5958 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5987 | 0.4609 | 0.7246 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7455 | 0.6265 | 0.8586 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Albania
More reference data data for Albania
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2845 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.4183 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.9734 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0261 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.9734 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.954 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.6439 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.6 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.34 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.142 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Albania?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Albania was 0.8372 in 2025, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
- What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8586 in 2020.
- What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1063 in 1993.
- How does Albania rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- Albania ranks 28th out of 116 countries with data for 2025.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data, published as part of Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.