Total reserves in months of imports in Switzerland
Switzerland: Total reserves in months of imports was 13.2 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total reserves in months of imports in Switzerland, 1977–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 13.2 for total reserves in months of imports in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total reserves in months of imports in Switzerland peaked at 21.35 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.05, in 2008.
That places Switzerland 9th out of 178 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Total reserves in months of imports in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 10.43 | — |
| 1978 | 11.45 | +9.8% |
| 1979 | 14.84 | +29.6% |
| 1980 | 13.28 | -10.5% |
| 1981 | 10.31 | -22.4% |
| 1982 | 12.48 | +21.1% |
| 1983 | 11.06 | -11.4% |
| 1984 | 10 | -9.6% |
| 1985 | 10.82 | +8.2% |
| 1986 | 9.44 | -12.8% |
| 1987 | 10.1 | +7.0% |
| 1988 | 7.89 | -21.9% |
| 1989 | 7.39 | -6.3% |
| 1990 | 6.28 | -15.1% |
| 1991 | 6.4 | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 6.6 | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 7.64 | +15.9% |
| 1994 | 7.14 | -6.5% |
| 1995 | 6.34 | -11.2% |
| 1996 | 6.35 | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 6.01 | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 5.72 | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 5.29 | -7.4% |
| 2000 | 3.72 | -29.8% |
| 2001 | 3.57 | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 4.38 | +22.8% |
| 2003 | 4.28 | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 3.92 | -8.3% |
| 2005 | 2.52 | -35.9% |
| 2006 | 2.56 | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 2.36 | -7.8% |
| 2008 | 2.05 | -13.4% |
| 2009 | 4.27 | +108.5% |
| 2010 | 7.56 | +77.1% |
| 2011 | 7.45 | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 12.29 | +65.1% |
| 2013 | 11.73 | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 11.72 | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 14.04 | +19.7% |
| 2016 | 14.78 | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 16.52 | +11.8% |
| 2018 | 15.11 | -8.5% |
| 2019 | 16.55 | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 21.35 | +29.0% |
| 2021 | 19.25 | -9.8% |
| 2022 | 15.01 | -22.0% |
| 2023 | 12.94 | -13.8% |
| 2024 | 13.19 | +1.9% |
| 2025 | 13.2 | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.24 | 10.43 | 14.84 | 3 |
| 1980s | 10.28 | 7.39 | 13.28 | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.38 | 5.29 | 7.64 | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.36 | 2.05 | 4.38 | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.77 | 7.45 | 16.55 | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.82 | 12.94 | 21.35 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More financial sector data for Switzerland
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 141,431 current LCU per person (2016)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.7 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2016)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 3.56 % change on previous year (2016)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 1.17 billion SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 106.64 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 667.88 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 678.82 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 785.45 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 785.03 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 86,338 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total reserves in months of imports in Switzerland?
- Total reserves in months of imports in Switzerland was 13.2 in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest total reserves in months of imports recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 21.35 in 2020.
- What is the lowest total reserves in months of imports recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.05 in 2008.
- How does Switzerland rank for total reserves in months of imports?
- Switzerland ranks 9th out of 178 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total reserves in months of imports rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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)].