Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Caribbean Small States
Caribbean Small States: Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio was 13.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Caribbean Small States, 2001–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Caribbean Small States recorded 13.3% for bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in 2025.
That represents a change of down 15.4% on the previous year and down 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Caribbean Small States peaked at 20.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8.0%, in 2005.
Caribbean Small States ranks 35th of 39 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Caribbean Small States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9.8% | — |
| 2002 | 10.3% | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 10.3% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 9.1% | -11.7% |
| 2005 | 8.0% | -12.3% |
| 2006 | 8.1% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 9.7% | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 8.0% | -17.7% |
| 2009 | 8.0% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 8.7% | +8.7% |
| 2011 | 11.8% | +35.5% |
| 2012 | 11.4% | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 12.6% | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 14.3% | +13.5% |
| 2015 | 16.0% | +12.3% |
| 2016 | 17.8% | +11.1% |
| 2017 | 16.4% | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 17.3% | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 19.4% | +12.6% |
| 2020 | 20.6% | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 19.9% | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 20.3% | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 19.9% | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 15.7% | -20.8% |
| 2025 | 13.3% | -15.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.0% | 8.0% | 10.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 14.6% | 8.7% | 19.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.3% | 13.3% | 20.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean Small States
- 32 Papua New Guinea 33.2% compare
- 33 Maldives 31.5% compare
- 34 Hungary 31.3% compare
- 35 Japan 30.3% compare
- 36 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 30.1% compare
- 37 Uruguay 30.0% compare
- 38 Seychelles 29.9% compare
More financial sector data for Caribbean Small States
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate -27.8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 32.7% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 3.57 (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 32.7% (2025)
- Broad money 53.5% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. 11.5% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 34.4% (2025)
- Net migration -5,294 (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Caribbean Small States?
- Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Caribbean Small States was 13.3% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 20.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.0% in 2005.
- How does Caribbean Small States rank for bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 35th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio rising or falling in Caribbean Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean Small States data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.