Total reserves in months of imports in Belarus
Belarus: Total reserves in months of imports was 3.04 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total reserves in months of imports in Belarus, 1994–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
Belarus recorded 3.04 for total reserves in months of imports in 2025. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
The figure is up 55.6% on the previous year and up 116.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total reserves in months of imports in Belarus peaked at 3.04 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.3754, in 1994.
That places Belarus 120th out of 178 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Total reserves in months of imports in Belarus, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.3754 | — |
| 1995 | 0.7793 | +107.6% |
| 1996 | 0.7629 | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.5365 | -29.7% |
| 1998 | 1.02 | +90.9% |
| 1999 | 0.5256 | -48.7% |
| 2000 | 0.5471 | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 0.5488 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.8991 | +63.8% |
| 2003 | 0.6536 | -27.3% |
| 2004 | 0.604 | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9248 | +53.1% |
| 2006 | 0.7107 | -23.1% |
| 2007 | 1.65 | +132.6% |
| 2008 | 0.875 | -47.1% |
| 2009 | 2.17 | +147.7% |
| 2010 | 1.57 | -27.6% |
| 2011 | 1.89 | +20.6% |
| 2012 | 1.89 | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.6 | -15.3% |
| 2014 | 1.29 | -19.3% |
| 2015 | 1.4 | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 1.79 | +28.2% |
| 2017 | 2.23 | +24.1% |
| 2018 | 1.92 | -13.6% |
| 2019 | 2.48 | +29.1% |
| 2020 | 2.32 | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 2.07 | -10.8% |
| 2022 | 2.03 | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 1.89 | -6.9% |
| 2024 | 1.95 | +3.3% |
| 2025 | 3.04 | +55.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6673 | 0.3754 | 1.02 | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9584 | 0.5471 | 2.17 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.81 | 1.29 | 2.48 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.21 | 1.89 | 3.04 | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Belarus
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 6,475 current LCU per person (2021)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.8645 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 7.44 % change on previous year (2021)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 60.68 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 5.53 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 4.05 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 5.07 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 10.60 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 10.53 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,159 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total reserves in months of imports in Belarus?
- Total reserves in months of imports in Belarus was 3.04 in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest total reserves in months of imports recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 3.04 in 2025.
- What is the lowest total reserves in months of imports recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3754 in 1994.
- How does Belarus rank for total reserves in months of imports?
- Belarus ranks 120th out of 178 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total reserves in months of imports rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 116.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belarus data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Total reserves in months of imports. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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)].