Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Botswana
Botswana: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 1.06 in 2018. ▼ Falling
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Botswana, 2000–2018
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 1.06 for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in 2018.
That represents a change of down 24.8% on the previous year and down 39.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Botswana peaked at 3.22 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.9224, in 2013.
That places Botswana 20th out of 116 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.27 | 1.74 | 3.22 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.12 | 0.9224 | 1.41 | 9 |
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More reference data data for Botswana
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied to 41.92 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0825 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0.003 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.17 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1,922 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 11.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop re 0.8077 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural Soil 1,899 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0424 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Botswana?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Botswana was 1.06 in 2018, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
- What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 3.22 in 2001.
- What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9224 in 2013.
- How does Botswana rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- Botswana ranks 20th out of 116 countries with data for 2018.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana 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
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.