Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) by country
Ratio of bank liquid reserves to bank assets is the ratio of domestic currency holdings and deposits with the monetary authorities to claims on other governments, nonfinancial public enterprises, the private sector, and other banking institutions. This indicator is expressed as a percentage (a÷b)*100.
Countries reporting
151
Highest
315.4%
Libya
Lowest
0.2%
Canada
Median
18.0%
Years covered
25
2001–2025
Data points
4,366
What the numbers show
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 315.4% in Libya; the lowest is 0.2% in Canada.
The median across all reporting countries is 18.0%, and the mean is 26.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,374.
Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Sweden (up 963.6%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 77.7%).
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 315.4% | 2025 | up 95.1% | rising |
| 2 | Mozambique | 121.4% | 2025 | up 552.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Haiti | 120.0% | 2025 | up 82.8% | rising |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 117.0% | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 5 | South Sudan | 87.0% | 2025 | down 77.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Afghanistan | 86.9% | 2020 | up 150.7% | rising |
| 7 | Eritrea | 84.9% | 2014 | up 128.0% | rising |
| 8 | Tonga | 78.8% | 2025 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Ghana | 70.7% | 2024 | up 221.6% | rising |
| 10 | Sudan | 70.6% | 2022 | up 89.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Sao Tome and Principe | 61.7% | 2024 | up 100.9% | rising |
| 12 | Mongolia | 56.8% | 2025 | up 141.3% | rising |
| 13 | Ukraine | 56.0% | 2025 | up 380.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Nigeria | 54.9% | 2023 | up 68.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Iraq | 53.8% | 2024 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 16 | Tajikistan | 53.3% | 2023 | up 170.7% | rising |
| 17 | Czechia | 51.3% | 2024 | up 130.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Malawi | 48.7% | 2024 | up 81.5% | rising |
| 19 | Comoros | 47.0% | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 20 | Guinea | 46.2% | 2025 | up 30.3% | falling |
| 21 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 46.0% | 2015 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 22 | Suriname | 45.5% | 2025 | up 187.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Cape Verde | 44.5% | 2025 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 24 | Zambia | 42.4% | 2025 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 25 | Vanuatu | 40.3% | 2024 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Barbados | 37.6% | 2023 | up 295.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Nicaragua | 36.8% | 2024 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Angola | 36.5% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 29 | Dominican Republic | 35.0% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 34.6% | 2023 | up 273.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Serbia | 33.2% | 2025 | up 42.4% | falling |
| 32 | Papua New Guinea | 33.2% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 33 | Maldives | 31.5% | 2025 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 34 | Hungary | 31.3% | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Japan | 30.3% | 2025 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 30.1% | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 37 | Uruguay | 30.0% | 2025 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 38 | Seychelles | 29.9% | 2025 | up 179.7% | rising |
| 39 | Republic of Moldova | 29.2% | 2025 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 40 | Fiji | 28.3% | 2025 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 41 | Gambia | 28.2% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 42 | Peru | 28.1% | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 43 | Kyrgyzstan | 28.1% | 2024 | up 102.8% | rising |
| 44 | Bhutan | 27.7% | 2025 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 45 | Guyana | 27.5% | 2025 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 46 | Guatemala | 26.7% | 2025 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 47 | Congo | 26.3% | 2023 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Türkiye | 26.2% | 2025 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 49 | Gabon | 26.1% | 2019 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Liberia | 25.6% | 2024 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 51 | Uganda | 24.9% | 2025 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 52 | Poland | 24.9% | 2024 | up 89.1% | rising |
| 53 | Equatorial Guinea | 24.7% | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24.3% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 55 | Belize | 24.0% | 2025 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 56 | North Macedonia | 23.9% | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 57 | Argentina | 23.8% | 2025 | down 61.3% | rising |
| 58 | Honduras | 23.7% | 2025 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 59 | Eswatini | 23.6% | 2025 | up 100.5% | rising |
| 60 | Azerbaijan | 23.6% | 2025 | up 84.3% | rising |
| 61 | Costa Rica | 23.6% | 2025 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 62 | Cameroon | 22.8% | 2019 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 63 | Jordan | 22.6% | 2025 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 64 | Israel | 22.0% | 2025 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Madagascar | 21.7% | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 21.7% | 2024 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 67 | Côte d'Ivoire | 20.4% | 2025 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 68 | Algeria | 20.1% | 2025 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Cambodia | 20.1% | 2025 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 70 | Romania | 19.9% | 2025 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Indonesia | 19.5% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 72 | Jamaica | 19.3% | 2025 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | 18.9% | 2025 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Brazil | 18.7% | 2025 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 75 | United Arab Emirates | 18.6% | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 76 | Montenegro | 18.0% | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 77 | Paraguay | 17.3% | 2025 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 78 | Thailand | 17.2% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 79 | Mali | 17.0% | 2025 | up 56.5% | falling |
| 80 | Mauritania | 16.8% | 2019 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 81 | Myanmar | 16.8% | 2020 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Senegal | 16.8% | 2025 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 83 | Pakistan | 16.7% | 2025 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 84 | Bahamas | 16.6% | 2024 | up 684.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15.8% | 2025 | down 42.3% | rising |
| 86 | Chad | 15.5% | 2021 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 87 | Djibouti | 15.3% | 2025 | up 115.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Rwanda | 15.3% | 2025 | up 18.2% | flat |
| 89 | Guinea-Bissau | 14.8% | 2025 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Egypt | 14.4% | 2025 | down 62.1% | rising |
| 91 | El Salvador | 14.3% | 2025 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 92 | Syria | 14.3% | 2011 | up 161.9% | rising |
| 93 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 14.3% | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 94 | Albania | 14.3% | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 95 | Armenia | 14.1% | 2025 | down 35.8% | flat |
| 96 | Dominica | 14.0% | 2025 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 97 | Burundi | 14.0% | 2025 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 98 | Philippines | 13.5% | 2025 | down 58.4% | rising |
| 99 | Uzbekistan | 13.1% | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 100 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 12.8% | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 101 | Grenada | 12.6% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 102 | Belarus | 12.6% | 2021 | down 60.4% | rising |
| 103 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.3% | 2025 | down 51.4% | rising |
| 104 | Central African Republic | 12.2% | 2022 | up 54.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Mauritius | 12.2% | 2025 | up 102.4% | volatile |
| 106 | United States of America | 12.1% | 2025 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.6% | 2025 | down 34.6% | rising |
| 108 | Palestine, State of | 11.0% | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 109 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.8% | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 110 | Burkina Faso | 10.7% | 2025 | up 84.9% | falling |
| 111 | Georgia | 10.6% | 2025 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 112 | Saint Lucia | 10.2% | 2025 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 113 | Sierra Leone | 10.1% | 2025 | down 45.3% | rising |
| 114 | Brunei Darussalam | 9.6% | 2025 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 115 | Timor-Leste | 9.5% | 2025 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 116 | Tunisia | 9.0% | 2025 | up 144.3% | rising |
| 117 | Kosovo | 8.8% | 2024 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Chile | 8.8% | 2025 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 119 | Lesotho | 7.9% | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 120 | Bangladesh | 7.8% | 2025 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 121 | Nepal | 7.7% | 2025 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 122 | Mexico | 7.4% | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 123 | Iceland | 7.2% | 2025 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Niger | 7.1% | 2025 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 125 | Kenya | 7.0% | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 126 | Russian Federation | 6.9% | 2021 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 127 | Togo | 6.9% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 128 | Australia | 6.7% | 2025 | up 565.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Benin | 6.5% | 2025 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 130 | South Africa | 6.1% | 2025 | up 93.5% | flat |
| 131 | Kuwait | 6.1% | 2025 | down 42.0% | rising |
| 132 | Sweden | 6.0% | 2024 | up 963.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Ecuador | 5.6% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 134 | Hong Kong | 5.4% | 2025 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 135 | Sri Lanka | 5.4% | 2019 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 136 | New Zealand | 5.3% | 2025 | up 124.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Botswana | 5.2% | 2025 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Macao | 5.1% | 2025 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Oman | 5.0% | 2024 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 140 | Somalia | 4.8% | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 141 | Malaysia | 4.7% | 2025 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 142 | Namibia | 4.7% | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 143 | Qatar | 4.6% | 2025 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 144 | India | 4.2% | 2025 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 145 | Colombia | 4.2% | 2025 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 146 | Denmark | 3.7% | 2024 | up 29.9% | falling |
| 147 | Republic of Korea | 3.6% | 2024 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 148 | Morocco | 3.5% | 2025 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Panama | 2.3% | 2025 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 150 | Norway | 1.1% | 2024 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Canada | 0.2% | 2008 | down 41.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 26.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 26.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 23.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 23.8%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 23.6%
- IDA only 21.6%
- IDA blend 20.4%
- Early-demographic dividend 19.8%
- Other small states 19.5%
- Upper middle income 19.5%
- Middle income 19.1%
- IBRD only 18.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 18.7%
- IDA & IBRD total 18.0%
- East Asia & Pacific 18.0%
- World 18.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean 17.3%
- Low & middle income 17.3%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 17.3%
- Late-demographic dividend 17.2%
- IDA total 17.0%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 16.9%
- Lower middle income 16.7%
- Low income 16.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 16.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 16.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 16.0%
- Pre-demographic dividend 15.8%
- Small states 15.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 15.3%
- Least developed countries 15.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 15.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 14.8%
- Africa Western and Central 14.8%
- Caribbean Small States 13.3%
- Arab World 11.0%
- South Asia 7.8%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 7.8%
- North America 3.1%
About this data
Ratio of bank liquid reserves to bank assets is the ratio of domestic currency holdings and deposits with the monetary authorities to claims on other governments, nonfinancial public enterprises, the private sector, and other banking institutions. This indicator is expressed as a percentage (a÷b)*100.