Bank deposits to GDP in Romania
Romania: Bank deposits to GDP was 39.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Bank deposits to GDP in Romania, 1981–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Romania recorded 39.6% for bank deposits to gdp in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.1% on the previous year and up 22.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank deposits to gdp in Romania peaked at 49.1% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 17.0%, in 1994.
That places Romania 122nd out of 185 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
Bank deposits to GDP in Romania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 24.6% | — |
| 1982 | 24.2% | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 22.6% | -6.3% |
| 1984 | 22.8% | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 23.3% | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 23.9% | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 24.9% | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 26.0% | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 31.3% | +20.3% |
| 1990 | 49.1% | +56.8% |
| 1991 | 38.8% | -21.0% |
| 1992 | 22.9% | -41.1% |
| 1993 | 17.1% | -25.2% |
| 1994 | 17.0% | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 18.8% | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 21.9% | +16.2% |
| 1997 | 20.8% | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 21.9% | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 21.2% | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 19.7% | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 19.5% | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 20.7% | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 20.0% | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 22.1% | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 25.0% | +12.8% |
| 2006 | 27.8% | +11.4% |
| 2007 | 29.7% | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 27.5% | -7.6% |
| 2009 | 30.9% | +12.4% |
| 2010 | 32.7% | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 32.5% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 32.2% | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 32.5% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 33.1% | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 33.7% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 34.0% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 33.4% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 32.9% | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 32.9% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 37.7% | +14.5% |
| 2021 | 39.6% | +5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 24.9% | 22.6% | 31.3% | 9 |
| 1990s | 24.9% | 17.0% | 49.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.3% | 19.5% | 30.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.0% | 32.2% | 34.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.7% | 37.7% | 39.6% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 119 Bangladesh 41.1% compare
- 120 Burkina Faso 40.6% compare
- 121 Togo 40.6% compare
- 123 Saudi Arabia 38.7% compare
- 124 Burundi 38.4% compare
- 125 Syrian Arab Republic 37.4% compare
More financial sector data for Romania
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 31,766 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.41 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 8.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 116.61 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 10.63 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 52.83 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 55.56 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 66.19 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 66.04 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 3,472 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank deposits to gdp in Romania?
- Bank deposits to gdp in Romania was 39.6% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank deposits to gdp recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 49.1% in 1990.
- What is the lowest bank deposits to gdp recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.0% in 1994.
- How does Romania rank for bank deposits to gdp?
- Romania ranks 122nd out of 185 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank deposits to gdp rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania 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).