Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.6673 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Hong Kong, 1996–2024
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
In 2024, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Hong Kong stood at 0.6673.
The figure is down 6.9% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Hong Kong peaked at 0.8939 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.3215, in 1996.
Hong Kong ranks 38th of 116 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4471 | 0.3215 | 0.5373 | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.4994 | 0.398 | 0.7373 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.673 | 0.5896 | 0.7822 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7353 | 0.6673 | 0.8939 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Hong Kong
More reference data data for Hong Kong
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0028 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Enteric Fermentation 6.8 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.0002 (1990)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0041 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0219 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Agricultural Soils 7.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (1990)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Hong Kong?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Hong Kong was 0.6673 in 2024, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
- What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Hong Kong?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8939 in 2020.
- What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Hong Kong?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3215 in 1996.
- How does Hong Kong rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- Hong Kong ranks 38th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Hong Kong?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hong Kong 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
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.