Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in India
India: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.9115 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in India, 1991–2025
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
In 2025, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in India stood at 0.9115.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in India peaked at 1.57 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.3556, in 1991.
That places India 25th out of 116 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in India, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.3556 | — |
| 1992 | 0.4085 | +14.9% |
| 1993 | 0.6205 | +51.9% |
| 1994 | 0.8725 | +40.6% |
| 1995 | 0.6354 | -27.2% |
| 1996 | 0.6346 | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.6597 | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 0.6994 | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 0.7439 | +6.4% |
| 2000 | 0.7773 | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 0.9558 | +23.0% |
| 2002 | 1.26 | +31.7% |
| 2003 | 1.42 | +13.0% |
| 2004 | 1.31 | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9619 | -26.8% |
| 2006 | 0.996 | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 1.2 | +20.8% |
| 2008 | 0.7971 | -33.7% |
| 2009 | 1.1 | +38.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8473 | -23.1% |
| 2011 | 0.6387 | -24.6% |
| 2012 | 0.6035 | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 0.632 | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 0.6936 | +9.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8909 | +28.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9938 | +11.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9101 | -8.4% |
| 2018 | 0.7686 | -15.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9457 | +23.0% |
| 2020 | 1.57 | +66.5% |
| 2021 | 1.11 | -29.7% |
| 2022 | 0.7804 | -29.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9283 | +18.9% |
| 2024 | 0.8873 | -4.4% |
| 2025 | 0.9115 | +2.7% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 0.9115 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.4996, 1.8× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6256 | 0.3556 | 0.8725 | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.08 | 0.7773 | 1.42 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7924 | 0.6035 | 0.9938 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.03 | 0.7804 | 1.57 | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
More reference data data for India
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 20.88 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 68.88 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 246.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 15.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 246.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 70.02 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 19.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 309.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1,063 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 85.03 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in India?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in India was 0.9115 in 2025, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
- What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1.57 in 2020.
- What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3556 in 1991.
- How does India rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- India ranks 25th out of 116 countries with data for 2025.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.