Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.4152 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.4152
Change on year
down 6.6%
World rank
63rd
of 116 countries
All-time high
0.9451
in 2020
All-time low
0.254
in 2011
Years of data
16
2009–2024

Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Bangladesh, 2009–2024

0.20.40.60.812009201620242009: 0.4742010: 0.4012011: 0.2542012: 0.3732013: 0.4822014: 0.5362015: 0.6962016: 0.7812017: 0.7062018: 0.582019: 0.5952020: 0.9452021: 0.6812022: 0.4262023: 0.4452024: 0.415

Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.

Analysis

Bangladesh recorded 0.4152 for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.6% on the previous year and down 22.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Bangladesh peaked at 0.9451 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.254, in 2011.

Bangladesh ranks 63rd of 116 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.4742 0.4742 0.4742 1
2010s 0.5404 0.254 0.7808 10
2020s 0.5825 0.4152 0.9451 5

Countries ranked near Bangladesh

  1. 60 Dominican Republic 0.4488 compare
  2. 61 Samoa 0.4478 compare
  3. 62 North Macedonia 0.44 compare
  4. 64 Kyrgyzstan 0.4108 compare
  5. 65 Bulgaria 0.4044 compare
  6. 66 Malaysia 0.3876 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Bangladesh?
Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Bangladesh was 0.4152 in 2024, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Bangladesh?
The highest recorded value was 0.9451 in 2020.
What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Bangladesh?
The lowest recorded value was 0.254 in 2011.
How does Bangladesh rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
Bangladesh ranks 63rd out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Bangladesh?
Over the last ten years it is down 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bangladesh 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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About this data

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, 3,278 data points, 1991–2024
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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.