Jordan's total reserves in months of imports was 7.79 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 6.36% from 7.33 in 2014 (0.62% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 7.79 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 7.96 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 7.33 | 2014 |
| Highest | 10.64 | 1972 |
| Lowest | 1.21 | 1988 |
| Average since 2015 | 8.13 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 10.64 | 1972 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Jordan's total reserves in months of imports rose 6.6% on 2023 (from 7.31 to 7.79).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +3.7% and a typical year strayed about 22.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 140.5% in 1989 and the biggest yearly fall was 56% in 1988. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Jordan had the 3rd highest value of the 36 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 7.79 | 2024 |
| World | 8.62 | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 9.94 | 2025 |
Closest to Jordan in the 2024 ranking
- Russian Federation — 1st of 36: 16.78
- Solomon Islands — 2nd of 36: 8.9
- Haiti — 4th of 36: 6.77
- Bhutan — 5th of 36: 6.61
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 6th of 36: 6.47
What this measures
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)].
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 53 values
| Year | Total reserves in months of imports |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.79 |
| 2023 | 7.31 |
| 2022 | 6.91 |
| 2021 | 9.42 |
| 2020 | 10.46 |
| 2019 | 7.96 |
| 2018 | 7.24 |
| 2017 | 7.75 |
| 2016 | 8.15 |
| 2015 | 8.3 |
| 2014 |
Total reserves in months of imports in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for Jordan
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$26.56 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$16.32 billion (2025)
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$2.12 billion (2023)
- Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$225.31 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany (current US$) — US$395.02 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom (current US$) — US$34.75 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$2.28 billion (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United States (current US$) — US$1.25 billion (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Jordan's total reserves in months of imports?
- 7.79 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1972?
- It is down 26.75% from 10.64 in 1972 (0.6% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 10.64 in 1972 and the lowest 1.21 in 1988.
- How does Jordan rank?
- 3rd highest of 36 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in total reserves in months of imports unusual for Jordan?
- In 2024, Jordan's total reserves in months of imports rose 6.6% on 2023 (from 7.31 to 7.79). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +3.7% and a typical year strayed about 22.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FI.RES.TOTL.MO, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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