Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in South Korea

South Korea: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.6581 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.6581
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
40th
of 116 countries
All-time high
0.9472
in 2020
All-time low
0.1409
in 1997
Years of data
34
1991–2024

Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in South Korea, 1991–2024

0.20.40.60.811991200720241991: 0.1691992: 0.211993: 0.2421994: 0.251995: 0.2421996: 0.221997: 0.1411998: 0.5561999: 0.6192000: 0.5992001: 0.7272002: 0.7972003: 0.872004: 0.8872005: 0.8062006: 0.7722007: 0.7352008: 0.4632009: 0.8352010: 0.6852011: 0.5842012: 0.6292013: 0.6722014: 0.6922015: 0.8432016: 0.9142017: 0.8132018: 0.7542019: 0.8122020: 0.9472021: 0.7532022: 0.5792023: 0.6542024: 0.658

Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in South Korea is 0.6581, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in South Korea peaked at 0.9472 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1409, in 1997.

That places South Korea 40th out of 116 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.2944 0.1409 0.6186 9
2000s 0.7492 0.4628 0.8869 10
2010s 0.7399 0.5842 0.9136 10
2020s 0.7182 0.5785 0.9472 5

Countries ranked near South Korea

  1. 37 Gabon 0.6754 compare
  2. 38 Hong Kong 0.6673 compare
  3. 39 Indonesia 0.6615 compare
  4. 41 South Africa 0.6505 compare
  5. 42 Dominica 0.6357 compare
  6. 43 Iceland 0.634 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in South Korea?
Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in South Korea was 0.6581 in 2024, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in South Korea?
The highest recorded value was 0.9472 in 2020.
What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in South Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1409 in 1997.
How does South Korea rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
South Korea ranks 40th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in South Korea?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this South Korea 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.