Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Seychelles

Seychelles: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.3701 in 2015. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2015)
0.3701
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
67th
of 116 countries
All-time high
0.3701
in 2015
All-time low
0.0392
in 2007
Years of data
16
2000–2015

Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Seychelles, 2000–2015

00.10.20.30.42000200720152000: 0.1172001: 0.0782002: 0.1622003: 0.1562004: 0.0632005: 0.0742006: 0.1362007: 0.0392008: 0.0472009: 0.2052010: 0.2532011: 0.252012: 0.252013: 0.3082014: 0.3642015: 0.37

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 67th 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.1076 0.0392 0.2048 10
2010s 0.2991 0.2496 0.3701 6

Countries ranked near Seychelles

  1. 64 Kyrgyzstan 0.4108 compare
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  3. 66 Malaysia 0.3876 compare
  4. 68 Mexico 0.3597 compare
  5. 69 Honduras 0.3593 compare
  6. 70 Zambia 0.3532 compare

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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 67th 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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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.