Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.9463 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Upper middle income, 1991–2024
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Upper middle income is 0.9463, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 29.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Upper middle income peaked at 1.59 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.3548, in 1992.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4926 | 0.3548 | 0.6239 | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.8821 | 0.5097 | 1.59 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.28 | 1.08 | 1.39 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 | 0.885 | 1.27 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Upper middle income
More reference data data for Upper middle income
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 2,056 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal 298.62 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj. 293.42 (2026)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 21.50 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 19.74 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 41.24 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.97 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.94 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general progr 84.4% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Upper middle income?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Upper middle income was 0.9463 in 2024, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
- What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 1.59 in 2009.
- What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3548 in 1992.
- How does Upper middle income rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- Upper middle income ranks 5th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper middle income 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.