Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Uruguay
Uruguay: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 1.47 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Uruguay, 2000–2025
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Uruguay is 1.47, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 5.5% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Uruguay peaked at 2.14 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.3908, in 2002.
Uruguay ranks 14th of 116 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.7164 | — |
| 2001 | 1.01 | +41.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3908 | -61.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9516 | +143.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8073 | -15.2% |
| 2005 | 0.7943 | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.6417 | -19.2% |
| 2007 | 0.7357 | +14.7% |
| 2008 | 0.7027 | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 1.16 | +64.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8906 | -23.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9586 | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 1.16 | +21.2% |
| 2013 | 1.4 | +20.3% |
| 2014 | 1.53 | +9.7% |
| 2015 | 1.64 | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 1.65 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 1.9 | +14.7% |
| 2018 | 1.75 | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 1.75 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2.14 | +21.9% |
| 2021 | 1.65 | -22.8% |
| 2022 | 1.17 | -29.3% |
| 2023 | 1.3 | +11.2% |
| 2024 | 1.39 | +7.2% |
| 2025 | 1.47 | +5.5% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 1.47 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.2389, 6.1× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 1.47 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5234, 2.8× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Uruguay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +143.5% | 0.3908 | 0.9516 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7912 | 0.3908 | 1.16 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.46 | 0.8906 | 1.9 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.52 | 1.17 | 2.14 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More reference data data for Uruguay
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2999 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.87 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3685 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 6.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2195 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 24.48 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 33.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.01 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Uruguay?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Uruguay was 1.47 in 2025, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
- What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 2.14 in 2020.
- What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3908 in 2002.
- How does Uruguay rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- Uruguay ranks 14th out of 116 countries with data for 2025.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.