Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.7507 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Lower middle income, 2001–2024
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
In 2024, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Lower middle income stood at 0.7507.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Lower middle income peaked at 1.11 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.6339, in 2022.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8656 | 0.7282 | 0.9952 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.735 | 0.6581 | 0.8286 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8161 | 0.6339 | 1.11 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More reference data data for Lower middle income
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 6,782 (2021)
- CPI Price, nominal 469.5 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj. 475.87 (2026)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 28.75 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 30.74 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 59.49 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.41 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 5.44 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.37 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general progr 95.5% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Lower middle income?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Lower middle income was 0.7507 in 2024, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
- What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 1.11 in 2020.
- What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6339 in 2022.
- How does Lower middle income rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- Lower middle income ranks 8th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lower middle income 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.