Finance

Reserves (months imports)

FI.RES.TOTL.MO · months

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Congo, Estonia. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

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Latest known value: 1.39 months for United Kingdom in 2025, over a series running from 1970 to 2025 and 8 countries compared, from the highest (China, 11.94 months) to the lowest (Estonia, 0.72 months).

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Congo	Estonia
2025	1.39 months	5.67 months	2.02 months		2.84 months	11.94 months		0.72 months
2024	1.18 months	4.02 months	1.82 months	0.73 months	1.94 months	11.02 months		0.68 months
2023	1.25 months	3.38 months	1.84 months	0.63 months	1.79 months	11.44 months		0.87 months
2022	1.41 months	3.13 months	1.75 months	0.58 months	1.68 months	11.05 months		0.73 months
2021	1.91 months	3.87 months	2.03 months	0.69 months	1.97 months	11.48 months	1.6 months	0.86 months
2020	2.12 months	4.65 months	2.27 months	0.69 months	2.1 months	14.5 months	4.06 months	0.98 months
2019	1.68 months	3.27 months	1.73 months	0.5 months	1.55 months	13.63 months	1.85 months	0.71 months
2018	1.62 months	2.7 months	1.58 months	0.43 months	1.36 months	13.14 months		0.37 months
2017	1.59 months	2.96 months	1.73 months	0.47 months	1.48 months	15.42 months		0.19 months
2016	1.5 months	2.95 months	1.76 months	0.49 months	1.44 months	16.72 months	1.11 months	0.22 months
2015	1.57 months	2.81 months	1.52 months	0.51 months	1.35 months	17.94 months	2.77 months	0.27 months
2014	1.21 months	2.65 months	1.23 months	0.53 months	1.48 months	18.97 months	6.62 months	0.23 months
2013	1.2 months	2.74 months	1.17 months	0.59 months	1.59 months	19.54 months	8.17 months	0.17 months
2012	1.21 months	3.39 months	1.31 months	0.72 months	2.05 months	19.08 months	8.33 months	0.17 months
2011	1.12 months	2.74 months	1.05 months	0.62 months	1.96 months	19.13 months	7.04 months	0.12 months
2010	1.14 months	2.88 months	0.8 months	0.67 months	2 months	21.83 months	6.46 months	1.98 months
2009	0.97 months	2.63 months	0.73 months	0.63 months	1.92 months	25.39 months	5.93 months	3.77 months
2008	0.53 months	1.59 months	0.39 months	0.37 months	1.08 months	19.15 months	6.22 months	2.36 months
2007	0.61 months	1.54 months	0.38 months	0.38 months	1.07 months	18.1 months	3.27 months	2.04 months
2006	0.6 months	1.46 months	0.48 months	0.43 months	0.92 months	15.39 months	3.57 months	2.3 months
2005	0.69 months	1.46 months	0.51 months	0.42 months	0.9 months	14.17 months	2.05 months	2.08 months
2004	0.84 months	1.5 months	0.65 months	0.5 months	1.06 months	12.9 months	0.51 months	2.27 months
2003	0.92 months	1.76 months	1.09 months	0.75 months	1.2 months	11.44 months	0.21 months	2.27 months
2002	1.01 months	1.85 months	2.03 months	0.8 months	1.12 months	15.3 months	0.17 months	2.25 months
2001	0.88 months	1.65 months	1.84 months	0.74 months	0.94 months	12.63 months	0.39 months	2.19 months
2000	0.94 months	1.68 months	1.98 months	0.76 months	0.85 months	10.94 months	1.34 months	2.76 months
1999	0.91 months	1.66 months	2.21 months	0.87 months	1.07 months	13.64 months	0.26 months	2.73 months
1998	0.85 months	1.96 months	3.93 months	1.47 months	1.29 months	15.32 months	0.03 months	2.31 months
1997	0.85 months	2.9 months	5.16 months	1.65 months	1.26 months	15.36 months	0.39 months	2.34 months
1996	1.12 months	2.78 months	4.56 months	1.95 months	1.66 months	7.71 months	0.47 months	2.43 months
1995	1.27 months	2.47 months	3.15 months	2.37 months	1.96 months	6.33 months	0.37 months	2.73 months
1994	1.47 months	2.78 months	4.59 months	3.11 months	2.06 months	5.86 months	0.35 months	2.86 months
1993	1.45 months	2.74 months	5.08 months	3.16 months	2.4 months	3.15 months	0.04 months	3.72 months
1992	1.34 months	2.11 months	4.44 months	2.37 months	2.31 months	3.77 months	0.06 months	3.27 months
1991	1.49 months	3.44 months	6.96 months	2.31 months	2.6 months	10.11 months	0.06 months
1990	1.27 months	4.27 months	6.12 months	2.45 months	2.74 months	8.5 months	0.07 months
1989	1.44 months	4.54 months	6.54 months	2.93 months	2.8 months	5.08 months	0.09 months
1988	1.95 months	4.32 months	6.82 months	3.12 months	2.61 months	5.52 months	0.08 months
1987	2.36 months	4.83 months	7.25 months	3.79 months	3.27 months	6.72 months	0.09 months
1986	1.47 months	4.46 months	5.66 months	3.46 months	3.17 months	5.17 months	0.1 months
1985	1.19 months	4.2 months	5.21 months	3.67 months	2.92 months	4.9 months	0.07 months
1984	0.99 months	4.84 months	5.51 months	3.44 months	2.65 months	9.41 months	0.08 months
1983	1.26 months	5.67 months	4.25 months	4.07 months	3.91 months	11.33 months	0.09 months
1982	1.3 months	5.06 months	4.24 months	4.33 months	4.84 months	10.53 months	0.33 months
1981	1.41 months	5.03 months	4.86 months	3.66 months	4.08 months		0.93 months
1980	2.01 months	6.52 months	5.98 months	4.56 months	6.16 months		0.93 months
1979	2.33 months	7.09 months	8.11 months	4.33 months	6.1 months		0.85 months
1978	2.38 months	5.49 months	7.15 months	3.22 months	3.63 months		0.23 months
1977	3.21 months	4.71 months	4.84 months	3.25 months	3.3 months
1976	0.96 months	3.44 months	3.98 months	3.17 months	3.26 months
1975	1.19 months	3.39 months	4.87 months	3.5 months	3.89 months
1974	1.6 months	4.68 months		4.42 months	4.86 months
1973	1.73 months	4.37 months		4.35 months	4.1 months
1972	1.8 months	4.13 months		3.63 months	3.14 months
1971	3.36 months	4.43 months		2.69 months	2.7 months
1970	1.22 months	3.7 months		2.63 months	3.07 months
1969				2.43 months
1968				3.16 months
1967				3.3 months

World Bank definition

Total reserves in months of imports

Reserve assets are external assets, including monetary gold, that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency. This item is expressed in terms of the number of months of imports of goods and services they could pay for [X/(Imports/12)].

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The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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