El Salvador vs Sri Lanka: Total reserves in months of imports
Total reserves in months of imports over time
- El Salvador
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 2.86 against 2.45 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.41.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.2 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 128th and Sri Lanka ranks 125th of 179 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.36 | 3.62 | 0.2617 | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 3.17 | 1.76 | 1.41 | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 4.14 | 3.28 | 0.8536 | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 3.72 | 2.89 | 0.8263 | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 3.13 | 3.62 | 0.4825 | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 2.2 | 2.24 | 0.0414 | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total reserves in months of imports, El Salvador or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 2.86 against 2.45 in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in total reserves in months of imports between El Salvador and Sri Lanka?
- 0.41, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sri Lanka?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Sri Lanka rank globally for total reserves in months of imports?
- El Salvador ranks 128th and Sri Lanka ranks 125th of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Total reserves in months of imports. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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)].