Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.4424 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in North Macedonia, 2000–2025
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
North Macedonia recorded 0.4424 for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in North Macedonia peaked at 0.5009 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.2, in 2000.
North Macedonia ranks 65th of 116 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in North Macedonia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2 | — |
| 2001 | 0.43 | +115.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3539 | -17.7% |
| 2003 | 0.3815 | +7.8% |
| 2004 | 0.3292 | -13.7% |
| 2005 | 0.4121 | +25.2% |
| 2006 | 0.5009 | +21.5% |
| 2007 | 0.4215 | -15.9% |
| 2008 | 0.2931 | -30.5% |
| 2009 | 0.4589 | +56.6% |
| 2010 | 0.4162 | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 0.3854 | -7.4% |
| 2012 | 0.4415 | +14.6% |
| 2013 | 0.4125 | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 0.4102 | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.3836 | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 0.4032 | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 0.3587 | -11.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3599 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.3843 | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 0.4684 | +21.9% |
| 2021 | 0.3614 | -22.8% |
| 2022 | 0.3202 | -11.4% |
| 2023 | 0.4093 | +27.8% |
| 2024 | 0.4381 | +7.0% |
| 2025 | 0.4424 | +1.0% |
North Macedonia compared with similar countries
- North Macedonia's 0.4424 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6174, 72% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- North Macedonia's 0.4424 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.2254, 2.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in North Macedonia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +115.0% | 0.2 | 0.43 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3781 | 0.2 | 0.5009 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3955 | 0.3587 | 0.4415 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4066 | 0.3202 | 0.4684 | 6 |
Countries ranked near North Macedonia
More reference data data for North Macedonia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.102 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1665 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.4328 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0308 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.4328 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.342 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.224 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.6296 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.168 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in North Macedonia?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in North Macedonia was 0.4424 in 2025, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
- What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5009 in 2006.
- What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2 in 2000.
- How does North Macedonia rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- North Macedonia ranks 65th out of 116 countries with data for 2025.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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.