Foreign reserve import coverage (months of merchandise imports) (World Bank GEM)

Reviewed series · Reserves · Monthly · months of merchandise imports · WB.GEM.RESERVES.IMPORT.COVER.M

World Bank derived GEM observations; publisher native values and adjustment are preserved. Only reviewed individual countries/territories are included; regional/global aggregates are excluded. The workbook supplies no observation flags, detailed national methodological breaks or currency codes. No growth rate, quarter, currency conversion, annualization, deflation or rebasing is inferred. Quarterly GDP is the publisher quarterly measure, not guaranteed to be comparable with another publisher annual-rate convention. Local-currency levels and FX magnitudes cannot be compared across countries or across unreported currency redenominations. Monthly FX is an official period average, not a live currency-market quote; reserve cover refers only to merchandise imports. Rights apply to the World Bank published derived dataset, not underlying Datastream feeds.

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Foreign reserve import coverage (months of merchandise imports) (World Bank GEM): latest reading for 104 geographies, with the period of each. Source: World Bank Global Economic Monitor.
#Country or areaValue (months of merchandise imports)PeriodHistory
1QatarQAT122.072026-03History
2LebanonLBN31.562017-09History
3AlgeriaDZA27.142017-08History
4Saudi ArabiaSAU26.582026-08History
5RussiaRUS23.272026-07History
6TaiwanTWN21.252017-09History
7IsraelISR20.422018-12History
8JordanJOR18.202026-07History
9BotswanaBWA16.332018-12History
10BrazilBRA15.212026-08History
11PeruPER15.102026-07History
12MauritiusMUS15.012026-06History
13JapanJPN14.982026-08History
14UruguayURY13.722026-07History
15NigeriaNGA12.452017-09History
16ChinaCHN12.412026-08History
17KazakhstanKAZ12.252026-07History
18NicaraguaNIC11.912026-06History
19KuwaitKWT11.432017-08History
20IndiaIND10.932026-08History
21AlbaniaALB9.932026-07History
22KenyaKEN9.842026-07History
23JamaicaJAM9.682026-04History
24KyrgyzstanKGZ9.512026-03History
25ColombiaCOL9.462026-07History
26SingaporeSGP9.372026-08History
27NorwayNOR9.342026-08History
28DenmarkDNK9.002026-07History
29Costa RicaCRI8.752026-08History
30ChileCHL7.982026-08History
31DominicaDMA7.682018-12History
32MongoliaMNG7.652026-08History
33PhilippinesPHL7.552026-07History
34PolandPOL7.522026-07History
35ThailandTHA7.502026-08History
36IcelandISL7.472026-08History
37Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH7.452026-08History
38CzechiaCZE7.442026-07History
39GuatemalaGTM7.192017-10History
40South AfricaZAF7.032026-07History
41South KoreaKOR6.892026-08History
42OmanOMN6.862017-09History
43TürkiyeTUR6.742026-08History
44BoliviaBOL6.472026-05History
45New ZealandNZL6.362026-08History
46UkraineUKR6.282025-09History
47BangladeshBGD6.182026-07History
48MoroccoMAR6.002026-07History
49MoldovaMDA5.882026-07History
50IndonesiaIDN5.872026-07History
51UgandaUGA5.732018-12History
52Dominican RepublicDOM5.592026-03History
53SamoaWSM5.272018-12History
54GeorgiaGEO5.262026-08History
55ParaguayPRY5.172026-07History
56Hong KongHKG5.152026-07History
57EgyptEGY5.082026-07History
58HungaryHUN4.862026-07History
59North MacedoniaMKD4.732026-07History
60PakistanPAK4.712026-08History
61ZambiaZMB4.672016-01History
62ArmeniaARM4.622026-07History
63HondurasHND4.472017-09History
64SeychellesSYC4.422016-01History
65TunisiaTUN4.062026-08History
66BahrainBHR4.062017-09History
67Sri LankaLKA3.682026-08History
68MalawiMWI3.662015-11History
69MexicoMEX3.562026-08History
70El SalvadorSLV3.242026-08History
71MalaysiaMYS3.222026-08History
72MyanmarMMR3.052017-07History
73SwedenSWE3.012026-08History
74MaldivesMDV3.002018-12History
75VietnamVNM2.862018-12History
76LatviaLVA2.822017-10History
77CanadaCAN2.342026-07History
78United KingdomGBR2.292026-07History
79BelarusBLR2.262026-07History
80AustraliaAUS2.162026-07History
81FinlandFIN2.022026-07History
82BelizeBLZ2.022018-12History
83PanamaPAN2.022018-12History
84SpainESP1.932026-07History
85BurundiBDI1.722017-10History
86ItalyITA1.662026-07History
87SlovakiaSVK1.652026-07History
88LithuaniaLTU1.592026-07History
89BulgariaBGR1.492026-07History
90FranceFRA1.332026-07History
91PortugalPRT1.282026-07History
92RomaniaROU1.272026-07History
93LuxembourgLUX1.142026-07History
94EstoniaEST1.032026-07History
95GreeceGRC0.892026-07History
96United StatesUSA0.832026-07History
97GermanyDEU0.832026-07History
98CroatiaHRV0.832026-07History
99IrelandIRL0.812026-07History
100AustriaAUT0.752026-06History
101CyprusCYP0.662026-07History
102BelgiumBEL0.552026-07History
103NetherlandsNLD0.522026-07History
104SloveniaSVN0.372026-07History

Source: World Bank Global Economic Monitor. 104 geographies, periods 2015-11-01 to 2026-08-01. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.