Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.9752 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Upper middle income, 1991–2025
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 0.9752, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and down 29.4% 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 35 years of available data.
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Upper middle income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.3955 | — |
| 1992 | 0.3548 | -10.3% |
| 1993 | 0.3942 | +11.1% |
| 1994 | 0.4632 | +17.5% |
| 1995 | 0.4842 | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 0.5428 | +12.1% |
| 1997 | 0.5548 | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 0.62 | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 0.6239 | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.5097 | -18.3% |
| 2001 | 0.599 | +17.5% |
| 2002 | 0.6889 | +15.0% |
| 2003 | 0.7405 | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 0.773 | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 0.8339 | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9194 | +10.3% |
| 2007 | 1.09 | +18.5% |
| 2008 | 1.07 | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 1.59 | +48.8% |
| 2010 | 1.39 | -12.7% |
| 2011 | 1.25 | -9.9% |
| 2012 | 1.27 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 1.33 | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 1.34 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1.38 | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 1.37 | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 1.24 | -9.1% |
| 2018 | 1.08 | -12.9% |
| 2019 | 1.15 | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 1.27 | +10.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | -20.9% |
| 2022 | 0.8848 | -11.9% |
| 2023 | 0.964 | +9.0% |
| 2024 | 0.9461 | -1.9% |
| 2025 | 0.9752 | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4926 | 0.3548 | 0.6239 | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.882 | 0.5097 | 1.59 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.28 | 1.08 | 1.39 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 | 0.8848 | 1.27 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Upper middle income
More reference data data for Upper middle income
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 2,308 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal 300.54 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, annual growth rate 7.96 % change on previous year (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj. 300.23 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj., annual growth rate 7.5 % change on previous year (2026)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 41.24 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 19.74 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 21.50 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.97 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6 years (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 0.9752 in 2025, 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 2025.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.4%. 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.