Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Malaysia

Malaysia: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.3876 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.3876
Change on year
down 9.3%
World rank
66th
of 116 countries
All-time high
0.7828
in 2009
All-time low
0.2748
in 1997
Years of data
34
1991–2024

Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Malaysia, 1991–2024

00.20.40.60.81991200720241991: 0.311992: 0.4521993: 0.6241994: 0.4461995: 0.321996: 0.3591997: 0.2751998: 0.4481999: 0.4722000: 0.3512001: 0.4052002: 0.4242003: 0.5322004: 0.6312005: 0.6152006: 0.6322007: 0.6932008: 0.5842009: 0.7832010: 0.6482011: 0.7122012: 0.7092013: 0.6552014: 0.5552015: 0.5412016: 0.5612017: 0.5262018: 0.4652019: 0.5062020: 0.5642021: 0.4912022: 0.3912023: 0.4272024: 0.388

Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.

Analysis

Malaysia recorded 0.3876 for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in 2024.

That represents a change of down 9.3% on the previous year and down 30.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Malaysia peaked at 0.7828 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.2748, in 1997.

That places Malaysia 66th 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 0.412 0.2748 0.6245 9
2000s 0.5651 0.3507 0.7828 10
2010s 0.5877 0.4651 0.7116 10
2020s 0.4521 0.3876 0.5641 5

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 63 Bangladesh 0.4152 compare
  2. 64 Kyrgyzstan 0.4108 compare
  3. 65 Bulgaria 0.4044 compare
  4. 67 Seychelles 0.3701 compare
  5. 68 Mexico 0.3597 compare
  6. 69 Honduras 0.3593 compare

See the full ranking of 126 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Malaysia?
Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Malaysia was 0.3876 in 2024, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 0.7828 in 2009.
What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2748 in 1997.
How does Malaysia rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
Malaysia ranks 66th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Malaysia?
Over the last ten years it is down 30.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malaysia 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.