Bank deposits to GDP in China
China: Bank deposits to GDP was 48.7% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Bank deposits to GDP in China, 1985–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, bank deposits to gdp in China stood at 48.7%.
The figure is down 8.9% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank deposits to gdp in China peaked at 56.9% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 17.5%, in 1989.
China ranks 111th of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Bank deposits to GDP in China, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 18.6% | — |
| 1986 | 21.6% | +15.8% |
| 1987 | 21.9% | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 19.5% | -11.0% |
| 1989 | 17.5% | -10.2% |
| 1990 | 19.9% | +13.6% |
| 1991 | 23.0% | +15.7% |
| 1992 | 24.6% | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 27.2% | +10.4% |
| 1994 | 25.5% | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 24.8% | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 26.1% | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 29.9% | +14.3% |
| 1998 | 31.1% | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 35.7% | +14.9% |
| 2000 | 38.4% | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 39.8% | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 44.0% | +10.5% |
| 2003 | 46.8% | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 46.0% | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 44.4% | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 45.0% | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 45.2% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 41.3% | -8.5% |
| 2009 | 52.6% | +27.1% |
| 2010 | 53.9% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 49.0% | -9.0% |
| 2012 | 47.2% | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 47.0% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 44.7% | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 49.0% | +9.6% |
| 2016 | 56.0% | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 56.9% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 52.0% | -8.5% |
| 2019 | 50.6% | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 53.4% | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 48.7% | -8.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 19.8% | 17.5% | 21.9% | 5 |
| 1990s | 26.8% | 19.9% | 35.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 44.3% | 38.4% | 52.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.6% | 44.7% | 56.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.0% | 48.7% | 53.4% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for China
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 250,718 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 18.86 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 8.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 2.60 billion SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 236.49 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 2.45 trillion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 2.50 trillion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 2.74 trillion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 2.73 trillion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,944 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank deposits to gdp in China?
- Bank deposits to gdp in China was 48.7% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank deposits to gdp recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 56.9% in 2017.
- What is the lowest bank deposits to gdp recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.5% in 1989.
- How does China rank for bank deposits to gdp?
- China ranks 111th out of 185 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank deposits to gdp rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Bank deposits to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Demand, time and saving deposits in deposit money banks as a share of GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is demand and time and saving deposits, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF’s International Financial Statistics. Bank deposits (IFS lines 24 and 25); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF).