Total reserves in months of imports, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Total reserves in months of imports, per square kilometre was 0 units per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total reserves in months of imports, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1977–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total reserves in months of imports, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) is 0 units per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total reserves in months of imports, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 0 units per square kilometre in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0 units per square kilometre, in 1982.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 35th of 44 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
Total reserves in months of imports, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | units per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 0 units per square kilometre | — |
| 1978 | 0 units per square kilometre | -32.8% |
| 1979 | 0 units per square kilometre | +92.9% |
| 1980 | 0 units per square kilometre | +7.6% |
| 1981 | 0 units per square kilometre | -56.1% |
| 1982 | 0 units per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 0 units per square kilometre | +11.6% |
| 1984 | 0 units per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 0 units per square kilometre | +46.2% |
| 1986 | 0 units per square kilometre | +35.2% |
| 1987 | 0 units per square kilometre | +21.6% |
| 1988 | 0 units per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0 units per square kilometre | +25.1% |
| 1990 | 0 units per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 1991 | 0 units per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 0 units per square kilometre | +10.5% |
| 1993 | 0 units per square kilometre | +13.1% |
| 1994 | 0 units per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 0 units per square kilometre | -8.1% |
| 1996 | 0 units per square kilometre | +25.1% |
| 1997 | 0 units per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 1998 | 0 units per square kilometre | +13.5% |
| 1999 | 0 units per square kilometre | -33.4% |
| 2000 | 0 units per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 0 units per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 0 units per square kilometre | -18.4% |
| 2003 | 0 units per square kilometre | -19.4% |
| 2004 | 0 units per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 0 units per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 0 units per square kilometre | +25.1% |
| 2007 | 0 units per square kilometre | -10.9% |
| 2008 | 0 units per square kilometre | -19.9% |
| 2009 | 0 units per square kilometre | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 0 units per square kilometre | -22.9% |
| 2011 | 0 units per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 0 units per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 0 units per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 0 units per square kilometre | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 0 units per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 0 units per square kilometre | +22.5% |
| 2017 | 0 units per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0 units per square kilometre | -13.9% |
| 2019 | 0 units per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 0 units per square kilometre | +25.9% |
| 2021 | 0 units per square kilometre | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 0 units per square kilometre | -20.6% |
| 2023 | 0 units per square kilometre | +6.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total reserves in months of imports, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +92.9% | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 3 |
| 1980s | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- 32 Jamaica 0.0005 units per square kilometre compare
- 33 Gambia 0.0005 units per square kilometre compare
- 34 Timor-Leste 0.0004 units per square kilometre compare
- 35 Bahamas 0.0004 units per square kilometre compare
- 36 Switzerland 0.0003 units per square kilometre compare
- 37 Solomon Islands 0.0003 units per square kilometre compare
- 38 Montenegro 0.0003 units per square kilometre compare
More financial sector data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 20.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Net migration, annual growth rate 66.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Net migration -225,499 (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 29.4% (2022)
- Claims on central government, etc. 12.2% (2022)
- Broad money 38.6% (2023)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 22.9% (2022)
- Total reserves in months of imports 6.46 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total reserves in months of imports, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Total reserves in months of imports, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 0 units per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest total reserves in months of imports, per square kilometre recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0 units per square kilometre in 1998.
- What is the lowest total reserves in months of imports, per square kilometre recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 units per square kilometre in 1982.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for total reserves in months of imports, per square kilometre?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 35th out of 44 groups with data for 2023.
- Is total reserves in months of imports, per square kilometre rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Total reserves in months of imports, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Total reserves in months of imports divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Total reserves in months of imports ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Total reserves in months of imports International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Total reserves in months of imports divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.