Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 1.01 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1991–2024
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
In 2024, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) stood at 1.01.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 35.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 1.89 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.3796, in 1992.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.5027 | — |
| 1992 | 0.3796 | -24.5% |
| 1993 | 0.395 | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 0.4591 | +16.2% |
| 1995 | 0.4567 | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.5525 | +21.0% |
| 1997 | 0.5904 | +6.9% |
| 1998 | 0.7835 | +32.7% |
| 1999 | 0.7769 | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.6152 | -20.8% |
| 2001 | 0.7101 | +15.4% |
| 2002 | 0.791 | +11.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8298 | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8951 | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9754 | +9.0% |
| 2006 | 1.08 | +10.3% |
| 2007 | 1.28 | +19.3% |
| 2008 | 1.31 | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 1.89 | +44.8% |
| 2010 | 1.64 | -13.1% |
| 2011 | 1.48 | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 1.47 | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 1.55 | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 1.56 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 1.57 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 1.51 | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 1.36 | -10.1% |
| 2018 | 1.16 | -14.4% |
| 2019 | 1.22 | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 1.32 | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 1.04 | -20.8% |
| 2022 | 0.952 | -8.8% |
| 2023 | 1.05 | +10.1% |
| 2024 | 1.01 | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.544 | 0.3796 | 0.7835 | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.04 | 0.6152 | 1.89 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.45 | 1.16 | 1.64 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.07 | 0.952 | 1.32 | 5 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More reference data data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 1,740 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal 142.49 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj. 142.66 (2026)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 29.41 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.11 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 13.95 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 15.47 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.1 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.13 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 84.2% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 1.01 in 2024, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
- What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.89 in 2009.
- What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3796 in 1992.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 4th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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.