Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Ecuador

Ecuador: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.1839 in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.1839
Change on year
up 45.5%
World rank
91st
of 116 countries
All-time high
0.2436
in 2014
All-time low
0.0908
in 2012
Years of data
18
1999–2016

Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Ecuador, 1999–2016

00.050.10.150.20.251999200720161999: 0.1662000: 0.1852001: 0.1652002: 0.1322003: 0.1142004: 0.1212005: 0.1582006: 0.1092007: 0.2332008: 0.2212009: 0.1582010: 0.1022011: 0.1092012: 0.0912013: 0.1942014: 0.2442015: 0.1262016: 0.184

Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Ecuador is 0.1839, measured in 2016.

That represents a change of up 45.5% on the previous year and up 68.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Ecuador peaked at 0.2436 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0908, in 2012.

That places Ecuador 91st out of 116 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.1657 0.1657 0.1657 1
2000s 0.1596 0.1089 0.2331 10
2010s 0.1499 0.0908 0.2436 7

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 88 Bolivia 0.199 compare
  2. 89 United Kingdom 0.1954 compare
  3. 90 Spain 0.1844 compare
  4. 92 Finland 0.1781 compare
  5. 93 Lithuania 0.1652 compare
  6. 94 Panama 0.1601 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Ecuador?
Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Ecuador was 0.1839 in 2016, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 0.2436 in 2014.
What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0908 in 2012.
How does Ecuador rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
Ecuador ranks 91st out of 116 countries with data for 2016.
Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is up 68.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ecuador 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.