Reserves in months of imports
3.4months▲ 5.3% vs 2023
Mozambique · Latest observation 2024
Country:
- Latest
- 3.4
- Change
- −12.9%
- Year on year
- +5.3%
- High
- 5.3 2009
- Low
- 2.0 2022
- Average
- 3.8
- Volatility
- 31.5%
Reserves in months of imports is 3.4 months (2024), 12.9% lower than in 2005. Over the last year: +5.3%.
What is this?
How many months of imports the reserves could pay for.
How to read it
Three months is a common minimum.
Unit: months.
What does the data say?
Reserves in months of imports (Mozambique) is 3.4 months (2024), 12.9% lower than in 2005. Over the last year: +5.3%.
Over all 20 observations since 2005, the highest was 5.3 (2009) and the lowest 2.0 (2022).
Why does it matter?
- Households: Import security.
- Businesses: FX availability.
- Government: Shock buffer.
- Investors: Liquidity risk.
- Mobile money: Indirect.
Observed facts are above; these are possible implications, not measured effects.
Countries — 2025
| Country | Latest | Year on year |
|---|---|---|
| China | 11.9 months | +8.4% |
| World | 8.6 months | −2.0% |
| Brazil | 8.4 months | +5.9% |
| India | 7.9 months | +4.4% |
| South Africa | 6.2 months | +9.8% |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.1 months | +14.3% |
| Angola | 5.3 months | −4.0% |
| Portugal | 4.7 months | +50.4% |
| Kenya | 4.6 months | +16.2% |
7 more with older observations
| Botswana | 4.7 | 2024 |
| Mozambique | 3.4 | 2024 |
| Zambia | 3.3 | 2024 |
| Eswatini | 1.9 | 2024 |
| Zimbabwe | 0.5 | 2024 |
| Malawi | 1.9 | 2020 |
| Tanzania | 5.4 | 2018 |
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What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (FI.RES.TOTL.MO)
- Frequency
- Annual
- Observations
- 20 (2005 – 2024) for Mozambique; 16 country in total
- Source published
- 2026-10-08
- Last retrieved
- 2026-10-17
- Method
- Compiled by the World Bank from national statistics offices, the IMF, ILO and other agencies. Definitions are harmonised across countries.
- Limitations
- Annual. The latest year is often missing or revised. Some series are modelled estimates rather than direct measurements.
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