Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Jamaica
Jamaica: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.8366 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Jamaica, 1992–2025
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Jamaica is 0.8366, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.5% on the previous year and up 73.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Jamaica peaked at 0.8366 in 2025 and was at its lowest, -0.0513, in 1992.
Jamaica ranks 29th of 116 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | -0.0513 | — |
| 1993 | 0.006 | -111.6% |
| 1994 | 0.1889 | +3060.0% |
| 1995 | 0.1531 | -19.0% |
| 1996 | 0.2369 | +54.8% |
| 1997 | 0.1789 | -24.5% |
| 1998 | 0.1783 | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.1572 | -11.8% |
| 2000 | 0.3031 | +92.8% |
| 2001 | 0.5473 | +80.6% |
| 2002 | 0.4468 | -18.4% |
| 2003 | 0.3139 | -29.7% |
| 2004 | 0.473 | +50.7% |
| 2005 | 0.4392 | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4097 | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 0.2926 | -28.6% |
| 2008 | 0.2096 | -28.4% |
| 2009 | 0.355 | +69.4% |
| 2010 | 0.4071 | +14.7% |
| 2011 | 0.3057 | -24.9% |
| 2012 | 0.1781 | -41.7% |
| 2013 | 0.1686 | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 0.3422 | +103.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4833 | +41.2% |
| 2016 | 0.5606 | +16.0% |
| 2017 | 0.58 | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 0.4898 | -15.6% |
| 2019 | 0.4937 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.6545 | +32.6% |
| 2021 | 0.6711 | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 0.5133 | -23.5% |
| 2023 | 0.6263 | +22.0% |
| 2024 | 0.7639 | +22.0% |
| 2025 | 0.8366 | +9.5% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 0.8366 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6174, 1.4× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 0.8366 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5234, 1.6× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Jamaica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +3060.0% | 0.006 | 0.1889 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.131 | -0.0513 | 0.2369 | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.379 | 0.2096 | 0.5473 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4009 | 0.1686 | 0.58 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6776 | 0.5133 | 0.8366 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More reference data data for Jamaica
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.045 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1808 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0003 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.2582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1508 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0583 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.8486 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.19 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0015 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Jamaica?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Jamaica was 0.8366 in 2025, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
- What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8366 in 2025.
- What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.0513 in 1992.
- How does Jamaica rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- Jamaica ranks 29th out of 116 countries with data for 2025.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 73.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.