Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Nigeria

Nigeria: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.7434 in 2016. ▼ Falling

Latest (2016)
0.7434
Change on year
up 47.0%
World rank
33rd
of 116 countries
All-time high
1.75
in 2006
All-time low
0.4586
in 2003
Years of data
17
2000–2016

Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Nigeria, 2000–2016

0.511.522000200820162000: 1.12001: 0.8922002: 0.5962003: 0.4592004: 1.12005: 1.32006: 1.82007: 1.72008: 1.12009: 1.22010: 0.6462011: 0.52012: 0.7552013: 0.7672014: 0.5752015: 0.5062016: 0.743

Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.

Analysis

Nigeria recorded 0.7434 for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in 2016.

The figure is up 47.0% on the previous year and down 57.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Nigeria peaked at 1.75 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.4586, in 2003.

Nigeria ranks 33rd of 116 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1.12 0.4586 1.75 10
2010s 0.6419 0.4997 0.7672 7

Countries ranked near Nigeria

  1. 30 Jamaica 0.764 compare
  2. 31 Kazakhstan 0.758 compare
  3. 32 Tonga 0.7548 compare
  4. 34 Nicaragua 0.7217 compare
  5. 35 Haiti 0.6878 compare
  6. 36 Albania 0.6773 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Nigeria?
Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Nigeria was 0.7434 in 2016, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Nigeria?
The highest recorded value was 1.75 in 2006.
What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Nigeria?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4586 in 2003.
How does Nigeria rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
Nigeria ranks 33rd out of 116 countries with data for 2016.
Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Nigeria?
Over the last ten years it is down 57.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Nigeria 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.