Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Seychelles
Seychelles: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.3701 in 2015. ◆ Volatile
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Seychelles, 2000–2015
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 0.3701 for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in 2015. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 403.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Seychelles peaked at 0.3701 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0392, in 2007.
Seychelles ranks 70th of 116 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1167 | — |
| 2001 | 0.0775 | -33.5% |
| 2002 | 0.1621 | +109.0% |
| 2003 | 0.1565 | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0629 | -59.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0735 | +16.8% |
| 2006 | 0.1355 | +84.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0392 | -71.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0472 | +20.3% |
| 2009 | 0.2048 | +333.7% |
| 2010 | 0.2533 | +23.7% |
| 2011 | 0.2496 | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.25 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.3076 | +23.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3637 | +18.2% |
| 2015 | 0.3701 | +1.8% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 0.3701 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.2389, 1.5× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 0.3701 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.6257, 59% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Seychelles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +333.7% | 0.0472 | 0.2048 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1076 | 0.0392 | 0.2048 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2991 | 0.2496 | 0.3701 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
More reference data data for Seychelles
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0024 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0046 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0075 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0075 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0082 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0082 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0247 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.043 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0348 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 2.17 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Seychelles?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Seychelles was 0.3701 in 2015, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
- What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3701 in 2015.
- What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0392 in 2007.
- How does Seychelles rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- Seychelles ranks 70th out of 116 countries with data for 2015.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 403.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Seychelles 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.