Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Maldives

Maldives: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.2439 in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
0.2439
Change on year
down 3.6%
World rank
79th
of 116 countries
All-time high
0.3467
in 2002
All-time low
0.1742
in 2008
Years of data
19
2000–2018

Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Maldives, 2000–2018

00.10.20.32000200920182000: 0.3162001: 0.2452002: 0.3472003: 0.3452004: 0.3232005: 0.2542006: 0.2532007: 0.2852008: 0.1742009: 0.2852010: 0.3332011: 0.252012: 0.2042013: 0.222014: 0.3152015: 0.3032016: 0.2252017: 0.2532018: 0.244

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 79th 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.2827 0.1742 0.3467 10
2010s 0.2607 0.2045 0.3327 9

Countries ranked near Maldives

  1. 76 Myanmar 0.2956 compare
  2. 77 Sweden 0.2753 compare
  3. 78 Georgia 0.2639 compare
  4. 80 Latvia 0.2389 compare
  5. 81 Vietnam 0.2344 compare
  6. 82 El Salvador 0.2317 compare

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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 79th 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.

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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.