Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Qatar

Qatar: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 4.69 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
4.69
Change on year
down 10.4%
World rank
2nd
of 116 countries
All-time high
6.34
in 2020
All-time low
0.6179
in 1992
Years of data
33
1992–2024

Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Qatar, 1992–2024

02461992200820241992: 0.6181993: 1.41994: 11995: 1.41996: 1.61997: 1.61998: 0.9861999: 1.42000: 2.42001: 2.72002: 3.22003: 4.32004: 5.72005: 52006: 5.12007: 5.62008: 4.22009: 4.82010: 5.72011: 6.12012: 5.92013: 5.22014: 3.52015: 3.12016: 3.22017: 42018: 4.12019: 5.22020: 6.32021: 6.22022: 4.82023: 5.22024: 4.7

Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.

Analysis

Qatar recorded 4.69 for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.4% on the previous year and up 33.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Qatar peaked at 6.34 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.6179, in 1992.

Qatar ranks 2nd of 116 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.26 0.6179 1.63 8
2000s 4.3 2.36 5.7 10
2010s 4.59 3.1 6.14 10
2020s 5.44 4.69 6.34 5

Countries ranked near Qatar

  1. 1 Rwanda 421.22 compare
  2. 3 Switzerland 3.11 compare
  3. 4 Algeria 2.43 compare
  4. 5 Lebanon 2.3 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Qatar?
Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Qatar was 4.69 in 2024, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Qatar?
The highest recorded value was 6.34 in 2020.
What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Qatar?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6179 in 1992.
How does Qatar rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
Qatar ranks 2nd out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Qatar?
Over the last ten years it is up 33.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Qatar 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.