Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.4907 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Bangladesh, 2009–2025
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 0.4907 for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.4% on the previous year and down 29.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Bangladesh peaked at 0.9452 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 17 years of available data.
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0.4742 | — |
| 2010 | 0.4008 | -15.5% |
| 2011 | 0.254 | -36.6% |
| 2012 | 0.3734 | +47.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4817 | +29.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5356 | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 0.6959 | +29.9% |
| 2016 | 0.7808 | +12.2% |
| 2017 | 0.706 | -9.6% |
| 2018 | 0.5803 | -17.8% |
| 2019 | 0.5954 | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9452 | +58.8% |
| 2021 | 0.6815 | -27.9% |
| 2022 | 0.4258 | -37.5% |
| 2023 | 0.4441 | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 0.4077 | -8.2% |
| 2025 | 0.4907 | +20.4% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 0.4907 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.4996, 98% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4742 | 0.4742 | 0.4742 | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.5404 | 0.254 | 0.7808 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5658 | 0.4077 | 0.9452 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More reference data data for Bangladesh
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.46 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 9.09 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 24.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 24.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 8.25 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 2.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 37.85 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 105.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 14.25 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Bangladesh?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Bangladesh was 0.4907 in 2025, 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 0.9452 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 2025.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.5%. 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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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.