Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Malaysia
Malaysia: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.3698 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Malaysia, 1991–2025
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 0.3698 for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in 2025.
That represents a change of down 4.6% on the previous year and down 31.6% 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 72nd out of 116 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.3104 | — |
| 1992 | 0.4516 | +45.5% |
| 1993 | 0.6245 | +38.3% |
| 1994 | 0.4461 | -28.6% |
| 1995 | 0.3204 | -28.2% |
| 1996 | 0.3594 | +12.2% |
| 1997 | 0.2748 | -23.5% |
| 1998 | 0.4483 | +63.1% |
| 1999 | 0.4725 | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 0.3507 | -25.8% |
| 2001 | 0.4049 | +15.5% |
| 2002 | 0.4238 | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 0.5318 | +25.5% |
| 2004 | 0.6313 | +18.7% |
| 2005 | 0.6153 | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 0.6324 | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 0.6935 | +9.7% |
| 2008 | 0.5839 | -15.8% |
| 2009 | 0.7828 | +34.1% |
| 2010 | 0.6475 | -17.3% |
| 2011 | 0.7116 | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 0.7094 | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.6549 | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 0.5553 | -15.2% |
| 2015 | 0.541 | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 0.5607 | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 0.5257 | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 0.4651 | -11.5% |
| 2019 | 0.506 | +8.8% |
| 2020 | 0.564 | +11.5% |
| 2021 | 0.4908 | -13.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3906 | -20.4% |
| 2023 | 0.4272 | +9.4% |
| 2024 | 0.3875 | -9.3% |
| 2025 | 0.3698 | -4.6% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 0.3698 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6174, 60% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 0.3698 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.6487, 57% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 | 0.4383 | 0.3698 | 0.564 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More reference data data for Malaysia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.7102 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.5869 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1487 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.38 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.64 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 21.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.8098 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Malaysia?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Malaysia was 0.3698 in 2025, 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 72nd out of 116 countries with data for 2025.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.6%. 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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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.