Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 1.14 in 2016. ▲ Rising
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 2001–2016
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
In 2016, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) stood at 1.14.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and down 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 1.81 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2001.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 | — |
| 2002 | 1.11 | +10.6% |
| 2003 | 1.29 | +16.7% |
| 2004 | 1.16 | -9.8% |
| 2005 | 1.31 | +12.5% |
| 2006 | 1.59 | +21.1% |
| 2007 | 1.69 | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 1.44 | -14.7% |
| 2009 | 1.81 | +25.9% |
| 2010 | 1.66 | -8.5% |
| 2011 | 1.37 | -17.1% |
| 2012 | 1.38 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 1.44 | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 1.22 | -15.0% |
| 2015 | 1.19 | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 1.14 | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.38 | 1 | 1.81 | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.34 | 1.14 | 1.66 | 7 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 1.14 in 2016, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
- What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.81 in 2009.
- What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2001.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 3rd out of 10 groups with data for 2016.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high 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.