Total reserves in months of imports by country
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...
Countries reporting
177
Highest
31.57
Libya
Lowest
0.0119
Equatorial Guinea
Median
4.36
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
9,249
What the numbers show
Total reserves in months of imports is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 31.57 in Libya; the lowest is 0.0119 in Equatorial Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.36, and the mean is 5.04.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,658.
Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 1,712.0%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia (down 95.6%).
Total reserves in months of imports: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 31.57 | 2023 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Russia | 16.78 | 2024 | up 96.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Afghanistan | 16.63 | 2020 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 4 | Algeria | 16.53 | 2024 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 15.59 | 2025 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Israel | 14.54 | 2025 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Japan | 14.01 | 2025 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 8 | Lebanon | 13.6 | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 9 | Switzerland | 13.2 | 2025 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 10 | Nepal | 12.97 | 2024 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 11 | Vanuatu | 12.6 | 2022 | up 176.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Samoa | 12.37 | 2025 | up 262.4% | volatile |
| 13 | China | 11.94 | 2025 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 14 | Syria | 11.66 | 2010 | up 1,712.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Iraq | 11.21 | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 16 | Tonga | 10.8 | 2024 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 17 | Peru | 10.42 | 2025 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 10.28 | 2024 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 19 | Central African Republic | 9.63 | 1994 | up 241.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Macao | 9 | 2024 | up 42.6% | falling |
| 21 | Solomon Islands | 8.9 | 2024 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Cape Verde | 8.69 | 2025 | up 43.1% | flat |
| 23 | Uruguay | 8.67 | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 24 | Brazil | 8.42 | 2025 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Kuwait | 8.41 | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 26 | Thailand | 8.03 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 27 | Cambodia | 7.91 | 2025 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 28 | Brunei | 7.91 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 29 | India | 7.88 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 30 | Jordan | 7.79 | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 31 | Czechia | 7.64 | 2025 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 32 | Comoros | 7.61 | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 33 | Qatar | 7.45 | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 34 | Kazakhstan | 7.39 | 2025 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 35 | Guatemala | 7.39 | 2024 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 36 | Philippines | 7.33 | 2025 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Colombia | 7.3 | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 38 | Albania | 7.21 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 39 | Bulgaria | 7.16 | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 40 | Nigeria | 7.12 | 2025 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Haiti | 6.77 | 2024 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Bhutan | 6.61 | 2024 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 43 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.49 | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 44 | Jamaica | 6.47 | 2024 | up 75.4% | volatile |
| 45 | South Korea | 6.46 | 2025 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 46 | South Africa | 6.22 | 2025 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 47 | Serbia | 6.16 | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 48 | East Timor | 6.07 | 2025 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 49 | Morocco | 5.93 | 2025 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Poland | 5.87 | 2025 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 51 | Aruba | 5.82 | 2023 | up 83.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Iran | 5.82 | 1982 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 53 | Tajikistan | 5.75 | 2025 | up 243.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.73 | 2024 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Nicaragua | 5.72 | 2024 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 56 | Hong Kong | 5.69 | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 57 | Italy | 5.67 | 2025 | up 101.7% | falling |
| 58 | Paraguay | 5.55 | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 59 | Lesotho | 5.54 | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Romania | 5.53 | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 61 | Indonesia | 5.51 | 2025 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 62 | Madagascar | 5.5 | 2024 | up 160.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Mauritania | 5.41 | 2021 | up 107.2% | rising |
| 64 | Moldova | 5.4 | 2025 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 65 | Tanzania | 5.39 | 2018 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Angola | 5.32 | 2025 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Iceland | 5.32 | 2025 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Honduras | 5.3 | 2025 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Micronesia (country) | 5.28 | 2014 | up 97.6% | rising |
| 70 | Cameroon | 5.28 | 2024 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Mauritius | 5.16 | 2024 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 72 | Ukraine | 5.03 | 2024 | up 328.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 4.95 | 2025 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 74 | Papua New Guinea | 4.9 | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 75 | Gambia | 4.79 | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Botswana | 4.76 | 2024 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.75 | 2025 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Turkey | 4.73 | 2024 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 4.65 | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 80 | North Macedonia | 4.57 | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 81 | Tunisia | 4.51 | 2024 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 82 | Malaysia | 4.45 | 2024 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 83 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.44 | 2025 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Fiji | 4.44 | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 85 | Denmark | 4.4 | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 86 | Singapore | 4.39 | 2025 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 87 | Norway | 4.37 | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 88 | Egypt | 4.36 | 2025 | up 67.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Grenada | 4.36 | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 90 | Gabon | 4.25 | 2015 | up 77.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Chile | 4.22 | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 92 | Rwanda | 4.18 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 93 | Argentina | 4.05 | 2025 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 94 | Kenya | 4.03 | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 3.97 | 2025 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Namibia | 3.96 | 2024 | up 126.6% | rising |
| 97 | Bahamas | 3.95 | 2024 | up 109.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.95 | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 99 | Montenegro | 3.95 | 2025 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 100 | Bangladesh | 3.91 | 2025 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 101 | New Zealand | 3.9 | 2025 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 102 | Dominica | 3.87 | 2025 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Pakistan | 3.76 | 2025 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 104 | Mexico | 3.75 | 2025 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 105 | Oman | 3.69 | 2024 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 106 | Seychelles | 3.67 | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Venezuela | 3.65 | 2016 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 108 | Hungary | 3.5 | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 109 | Belize | 3.49 | 2025 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 110 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.46 | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 111 | France | 3.45 | 2025 | up 89.3% | falling |
| 112 | Mozambique | 3.44 | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 113 | Armenia | 3.41 | 2025 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 114 | Mongolia | 3.33 | 2024 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 115 | Zambia | 3.29 | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Suriname | 3.29 | 2025 | up 125.1% | rising |
| 117 | Myanmar | 3.29 | 2019 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Portugal | 3.14 | 2024 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Germany | 3.11 | 2025 | up 102.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Belarus | 3.04 | 2025 | up 116.9% | rising |
| 121 | Georgia | 3.01 | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 122 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3 | 2025 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Saint Lucia | 2.99 | 2025 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 124 | San Marino | 2.89 | 2023 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 125 | Sri Lanka | 2.86 | 2024 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 126 | Ecuador | 2.86 | 2025 | up 146.6% | falling |
| 127 | United States | 2.84 | 2025 | up 110.1% | volatile |
| 128 | El Salvador | 2.45 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 129 | Laos | 2.39 | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Uganda | 2.39 | 2024 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Vietnam | 2.37 | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 132 | Palestine | 2.35 | 2025 | up 160.6% | rising |
| 133 | Chad | 2.27 | 1994 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 134 | Sweden | 2.14 | 2025 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 135 | Spain | 2.02 | 2025 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Latvia | 2.02 | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 137 | Liberia | 2.02 | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Malawi | 1.91 | 2020 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 139 | Eswatini | 1.91 | 2024 | down 45.4% | flat |
| 141 | Austria | 1.8 | 2025 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 142 | Ethiopia | 1.78 | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 1.75 | 2024 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Panama | 1.74 | 2025 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.69 | 2023 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Finland | 1.65 | 2025 | up 37.4% | falling |
| 147 | Ghana | 1.64 | 2024 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 148 | Congo | 1.6 | 2021 | down 77.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Canada | 1.6 | 2025 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 150 | Australia | 1.58 | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 151 | Slovakia | 1.54 | 2025 | up 276.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Bahrain | 1.42 | 2024 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 153 | United Kingdom | 1.39 | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 154 | Maldives | 1.3 | 2024 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Greece | 1.29 | 2024 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Guinea | 1.28 | 2024 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Barbados | 1.26 | 2017 | down 66.3% | rising |
| 158 | Yemen | 1.22 | 2016 | down 87.4% | falling |
| 159 | Lithuania | 1.17 | 2025 | up 80.8% | falling |
| 160 | Belgium | 1.01 | 2025 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 161 | Djibouti | 0.85 | 2024 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 162 | Guyana | 0.8499 | 2023 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Eritrea | 0.8497 | 2000 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Burundi | 0.7342 | 2023 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Netherlands | 0.73 | 2024 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Estonia | 0.7247 | 2025 | up 169.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Croatia | 0.6933 | 2024 | down 89.7% | rising |
| 168 | Slovenia | 0.6783 | 2025 | up 112.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Cyprus | 0.5319 | 2025 | up 146.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Bolivia | 0.5209 | 2025 | down 95.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Zimbabwe | 0.5194 | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Cayman Islands | 0.2647 | 2024 | up 15.0% | flat |
| 173 | Malta | 0.2461 | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Sudan | 0.1861 | 2017 | down 84.3% | volatile |
| 175 | South Sudan | 0.1748 | 2023 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Ireland | 0.1407 | 2024 | up 156.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Luxembourg | 0.0635 | 2025 | up 175.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0119 | 1996 | down 83.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 1.82
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 11.5
- East Asia & Pacific 11.35
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 11.31
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 11.31
- Arab World 10.84
- Late-demographic dividend 10.53
- Upper middle income 10.37
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 10.02
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 9.99
- Low & middle income 9.9
- Middle income 9.9
About this data
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)].