Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Peru
Peru: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 1.54 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Peru, 1992–2025
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
In 2025, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Peru stood at 1.54.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Peru peaked at 2.16 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.7878, in 1992.
Peru ranks 11th of 116 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Peru, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.7878 | — |
| 1993 | 0.931 | +18.2% |
| 1994 | 1.27 | +35.9% |
| 1995 | 1.02 | -19.6% |
| 1996 | 1.23 | +20.5% |
| 1997 | 1.3 | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 1.21 | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 1.34 | +10.7% |
| 2000 | 1.16 | -13.3% |
| 2001 | 1.22 | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 1.31 | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 1.24 | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 1.29 | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 1.17 | -9.3% |
| 2006 | 1.17 | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 1.42 | +21.4% |
| 2008 | 1.1 | -22.4% |
| 2009 | 1.58 | +43.3% |
| 2010 | 1.53 | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 1.31 | -14.3% |
| 2012 | 1.56 | +18.9% |
| 2013 | 1.55 | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 1.52 | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 1.65 | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 1.76 | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 1.65 | -6.3% |
| 2018 | 1.44 | -12.6% |
| 2019 | 1.66 | +15.4% |
| 2020 | 2.16 | +29.8% |
| 2021 | 1.63 | -24.5% |
| 2022 | 1.28 | -21.2% |
| 2023 | 1.43 | +11.2% |
| 2024 | 1.52 | +6.3% |
| 2025 | 1.54 | +1.6% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 1.54 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6174, 2.5× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Peru's 1.54 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5234, 2.9× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.14 | 0.7878 | 1.34 | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.27 | 1.1 | 1.58 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.56 | 1.31 | 1.76 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.59 | 1.28 | 2.16 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More reference data data for Peru
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.15 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.39 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3808 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.84 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 18.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 35.25 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.07 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Peru?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Peru was 1.54 in 2025, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
- What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 2.16 in 2020.
- What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7878 in 1992.
- How does Peru rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- Peru ranks 11th out of 116 countries with data for 2025.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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.