International Monetary Fund · Financial Sector
Ratio of reserve/ARA metric (IMF)
The ratio of reserves to the ARA metric: a ratio between 1 and 1.5 suggests that the level of reserves is adequate. Specific characteristics and circumstances, such as capital account openness, may warrant changes to the baseline ARA metric for certain countries. Any adjustments made to the baseline ARA metric are detailed in the published staff reports.
- Coverage
- 65 of 238 countries
- Latest data
- 2025
- Series
- 65
- Unit
- ratio
- Licence
- IMF Terms and Conditions
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-07
- Indicator
- imf-ratio-of-reserve-ara-metric
- Interva ID
- imf-ratio-of-reserve-ara-metric
Recency
current
data to 2025; catalog to 2025
Provenance
1 step
as the publisher declares it
Versions
1
catalog snapshots
Citation
BibTeX + CSL
versioned permalink
Quality profile
This profile describes what Interva can measure in the data. It does not claim the dataset is accurate, complete, or suitable for a particular use.
Recency
100%Latest observation is 2025; the catalog broadly reports to 2025, so this data is 0 year(s) behind (current).
Method: Compares the dataset's latest non-projected period with the year most datasets in the catalog end in. Up to 2 years behind is current — annual data is routinely published a year or two late — and more than 5 is stale. Measured from the data, not from when Interva last crawled it.
Temporal completeness
100%3 of 65 series skip at least one year inside their own span; the median series reports 100% of its years.
Method: Per series, years present divided by years from its first to its last observation; the median across series is reported. Annual periods are assumed, which holds for every series in the catalog today.
Geographic coverage
MeasuredCovers 65 of the 238 countries in the catalog.
Method: Counts distinct geographies with at least one observation. Not scored: a regional dataset covering its region completely is not deficient for omitting the rest of the world.
History depth
MeasuredThe median series has 25 observations; the earliest begins in 2000.
Method: Counts non-projected observations per series. Not scored: a long history is useful for trend work and irrelevant for a cross-section.
Revisions
MeasuredNo observation has been restated in any vintage Interva has recorded.
Method: Counts values the publisher changed between Interva's publishes. Not scored: revising estimates is ordinary and often a sign of care, and the count is here so a reader citing a figure knows whether it moves.
Schema conformity
Not assessedNo declared schema or validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Validity
Not assessedNo field-level validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Consistency
Not assessedCross-series consistency rules are not defined yet. The obvious first one — whether two publishers measuring one concept agree within a stated tolerance — is a candidate.
2 scored from the data, 3 described without a score, 3 not assessed. Pipeline integrity: all 5 checks pass. Assessed 2026-11-07.
By country
Ratio of reserve/ARA metric (IMF) for each of the 65 countries it covers, with the full history.
- Albania 2007–2025
- Angola 2009–2025
- Antigua and Barbuda 2013–2025
- Argentina 2000–2025
- Armenia 2000–2025
- Azerbaijan 2005–2008
- Belarus 2000–2025
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2003–2025
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2004–2025
- Brazil 2001–2025
- Bulgaria 2000–2025
- Chile 2000–2025
- China 2004–2025
- Colombia 2000–2025
- Costa Rica 2000–2025
- Croatia 2000–2025
- Czechia 2000–2025
- Dominican Republic 2002–2025
- Ecuador 2000–2025
- Egypt 2004–2025
- El Salvador 2000–2025
- Georgia 2000–2025
- Guatemala 2005–2025
- Honduras 2008–2025
- Hungary 2000–2025
- Iceland 2007–2025
- India 2000–2025
- Indonesia 2001–2025
- Iraq 2006–2014
- Israel 2000–2025
- Jamaica 2005–2025
- Jordan 2000–2025
- Kazakhstan 2000–2025
- Latvia 2000–2023
- Lithuania 2000–2025
- Malaysia 2001–2025
- Maldives 2007–2010
- Mauritius 2000–2025
- Mexico 2001–2025
- Moldova, Republic of 2000–2025
- Mongolia 2010–2025
- Morocco 2002–2025
- North Macedonia 2003–2025
- Pakistan 2003–2025
- Panama 2000–2025
- Paraguay 2000–2025
- Peru 2000–2025
- Philippines 2001–2025
- Poland 2000–2025
- Romania 2000–2025
- Russian Federation 2000–2025
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 2013–2025
- Serbia 2008–2025
- Seychelles 2012–2025
- Slovakia 2000–2025
- Slovenia 2000–2025
- South Africa 2000–2025
- Sri Lanka 2011–2024
- Thailand 2000–2025
- Trinidad and Tobago 2011–2025
- Tunisia 2000–2025
- Türkiye 2000–2025
- Ukraine 2000–2025
- Uruguay 2000–2025
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2000–2025
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 2025 | 1.57 | ratio |
| Angola | 2025 | 0.88 | ratio |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2025 | 0.57 | ratio |
| Argentina | 2025 | 0.34 | ratio |
| Armenia | 2025 | 0.72 | ratio |
| Belarus | 2025 | 1.31 | ratio |
| Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2025 | 0.38 | ratio |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2025 | 1.54 | ratio |
| Brazil | 2025 | 1.21 | ratio |
| Bulgaria | 2025 | 1.69 | ratio |
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as International Monetary Fund declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
International Monetary Fund
ARA — Assessing Reserve Adequacy - ARA
declared by imf in dataset/source
Versions
A vintage is a dated publish of the catalog. The current entry is a catalog snapshot; checksums are not recorded yet and are shown as such.
- CurrentCurrent catalog snapshotchecksum not recorded
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Citation
Version: catalog snapshot 2026-11-07. The record labels this as a catalog snapshot because immutable dataset releases are not stored yet.
International Monetary Fund (2026). Ratio of reserve/ARA metric (IMF). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/imf-ratio-of-reserve-ara-metric (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
@misc{interva-imf-ratio-of-reserve-ara-metric,
title = {Ratio of reserve/ARA metric (IMF)},
author = {International Monetary Fund},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://interva.co/dataset/imf-ratio-of-reserve-ara-metric}},
note = {Interva dataset imf-ratio-of-reserve-ara-metric; catalog snapshot 2026-11-07},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}DOI: not assigned (not assigned). The permalink is versioned by catalog snapshot; a stable dataset DOI is a later step.
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