West Bank and Gaza's total reserves in months of imports was 2.35 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 160.58% from 0.9 in 2015 (10.05% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2.35 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 1.02 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 0.9 | 2015 |
| Highest | 2.35 | 2025 |
| Lowest | 0.47 | 2016 |
| Average since 2016 | 1.11 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 1.02 | 2006 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, West Bank and Gaza's total reserves in months of imports rose 23.1% on 2024 (from 1.91 to 2.35).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2024), the average change was +6.5% and a typical year strayed about 25.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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 55.6% in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 47.9% in 2016. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.18 a year. A straight line explains 81% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, West Bank and Gaza had the 87th highest value of the 112 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| West Bank and Gaza | 2.35 | 2025 |
| World | 8.62 | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 7.7 | 2025 |
Closest to West Bank and Gaza in the 2025 ranking
- Ecuador — 84th of 112: 2.84
- United States — 85th of 112: 2.8
- El Salvador — 86th of 112: 2.45
- Sweden — 88th of 112: 2.16
- Viet Nam — 89th of 112: 2.08
- Greece — 90th of 112: 2.04
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 20 values
| Year | Total reserves in months of imports |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.35 |
| 2024 | 1.91 |
| 2023 | 1.35 |
| 2022 | 0.8677 |
| 2021 | 1.02 |
| 2020 | 1.02 |
| 2019 | 0.8456 |
| 2018 | 0.6999 |
| 2017 | 0.6157 |
| 2016 | 0.4698 |
| 2015 |
Total reserves in months of imports in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for West Bank and Gaza
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.08% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Medium and high-tech manufacturing value added (% manufacturing value added) — 7.21% (2024)
- Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) — US$101.69 million (2025)
- Net primary income (current US$, BoP) — US$1.08 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.93 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 2.93 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is West Bank and Gaza's total reserves in months of imports?
- 2.35 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2006?
- It is up 130.01% from 1.02 in 2006 (4.48% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 2.35 in 2025 and the lowest 0.47 in 2016.
- How does West Bank and Gaza rank?
- 87th highest of 112 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in total reserves in months of imports unusual for West Bank and Gaza?
- In 2025, West Bank and Gaza's total reserves in months of imports rose 23.1% on 2024 (from 1.91 to 2.35). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2024), the average change was +6.5% and a typical year strayed about 25.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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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