Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Guatemala

Guatemala: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.5234 in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.5234
Change on year
up 22.6%
World rank
53rd
of 116 countries
All-time high
0.5234
in 2016
All-time low
0.2956
in 2000
Years of data
17
2000–2016

Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Guatemala, 2000–2016

00.20.40.62000200820162000: 0.2962001: 0.3382002: 0.3122003: 0.3482004: 0.3632005: 0.352006: 0.332007: 0.3052008: 0.3072009: 0.4312010: 0.4082011: 0.3522012: 0.3732013: 0.4012014: 0.3872015: 0.4272016: 0.523

Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Guatemala is 0.5234, measured in 2016. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.6% on the previous year and up 58.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Guatemala peaked at 0.5234 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.2956, in 2000.

Guatemala ranks 53rd of 116 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.338 0.2956 0.4312 10
2010s 0.4101 0.3519 0.5234 7

Countries ranked near Guatemala

  1. 50 Chile 0.5777 compare
  2. 51 Central African Republic 0.5761 compare
  3. 52 Paraguay 0.5289 compare
  4. 54 Egypt 0.5073 compare
  5. 55 Uganda 0.5002 compare
  6. 56 Morocco 0.4892 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Guatemala?
Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Guatemala was 0.5234 in 2016, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Guatemala?
The highest recorded value was 0.5234 in 2016.
What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Guatemala?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2956 in 2000.
How does Guatemala rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
Guatemala ranks 53rd out of 116 countries with data for 2016.
Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Guatemala?
Over the last ten years it is up 58.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Guatemala 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.