Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in El Salvador

El Salvador: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.2317 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0.2317
Change on year
up 17.7%
World rank
82nd
of 116 countries
All-time high
0.481
in 1999
All-time low
0.1577
in 2022
Years of data
28
1997–2024

Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in El Salvador, 1997–2024

0.20.30.40.51997201020241997: 0.391998: 0.4451999: 0.4812000: 0.3832001: 0.3412002: 0.3072003: 0.3322004: 0.2992005: 0.2692006: 0.2462007: 0.2492008: 0.2592009: 0.4072010: 0.3422011: 0.2512012: 0.312013: 0.2552014: 0.2562015: 0.2712016: 0.3292017: 0.3382018: 0.3112019: 0.3832020: 0.3112021: 0.2352022: 0.1582023: 0.1972024: 0.232

Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.

Analysis

In 2024, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in El Salvador stood at 0.2317.

That represents a change of up 17.7% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in El Salvador peaked at 0.481 in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.1577, in 2022.

El Salvador ranks 82nd of 116 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4386 0.3902 0.481 3
2000s 0.3091 0.2461 0.4071 10
2010s 0.3047 0.2513 0.3835 10
2020s 0.2263 0.1577 0.3108 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in El Salvador?
Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in El Salvador was 0.2317 in 2024, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.481 in 1999.
What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1577 in 2022.
How does El Salvador rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
El Salvador ranks 82nd out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this El Salvador 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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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.