Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Ecuador
Ecuador: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.1839 in 2016. ▲ Rising
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Ecuador, 1999–2016
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 92nd 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.
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.1657 | — |
| 2000 | 0.1851 | +11.7% |
| 2001 | 0.1647 | -11.0% |
| 2002 | 0.1318 | -20.0% |
| 2003 | 0.1137 | -13.7% |
| 2004 | 0.1206 | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 0.1584 | +31.4% |
| 2006 | 0.1089 | -31.3% |
| 2007 | 0.2331 | +114.1% |
| 2008 | 0.2213 | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 0.1582 | -28.5% |
| 2010 | 0.1023 | -35.3% |
| 2011 | 0.1086 | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0908 | -16.4% |
| 2013 | 0.1936 | +113.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2436 | +25.8% |
| 2015 | 0.1264 | -48.1% |
| 2016 | 0.1839 | +45.5% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.1839 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6174, 30% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.1839 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5234, 35% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More reference data data for Ecuador
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9379 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.51 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.74 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1826 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.74 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.18 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 13.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 23.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9943 (2050)
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 92nd 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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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.