Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Maldives
Maldives: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.2439 in 2018. ▼ Falling
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Maldives, 2000–2018
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 0.2439 for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in 2018.
The figure is down 3.6% on the previous year and up 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Maldives peaked at 0.3467 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.1742, in 2008.
Maldives ranks 82nd of 116 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.3161 | — |
| 2001 | 0.2448 | -22.5% |
| 2002 | 0.3467 | +41.6% |
| 2003 | 0.3454 | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.323 | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 0.2543 | -21.3% |
| 2006 | 0.2532 | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.2846 | +12.4% |
| 2008 | 0.1742 | -38.8% |
| 2009 | 0.2851 | +63.6% |
| 2010 | 0.3327 | +16.7% |
| 2011 | 0.2502 | -24.8% |
| 2012 | 0.2045 | -18.3% |
| 2013 | 0.2195 | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 0.3148 | +43.4% |
| 2015 | 0.3033 | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 0.2246 | -25.9% |
| 2017 | 0.2529 | +12.6% |
| 2018 | 0.2439 | -3.6% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 0.2439 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6174, 39% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2827 | 0.1742 | 0.3467 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2607 | 0.2045 | 0.3327 | 9 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More reference data data for Maldives
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 0.0004 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Maldives?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Maldives was 0.2439 in 2018, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
- What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3467 in 2002.
- What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1742 in 2008.
- How does Maldives rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- Maldives ranks 82nd out of 116 countries with data for 2018.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.