Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Denmark
Denmark: Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio was 3.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Denmark, 2001–2024
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Denmark is 3.7%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 8.3% on the previous year and up 29.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Denmark peaked at 7.5% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2020.
Denmark ranks 147th of 152 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Denmark, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5.3% | — |
| 2002 | 7.5% | +41.6% |
| 2003 | 6.0% | -20.4% |
| 2004 | 5.7% | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 6.2% | +8.6% |
| 2006 | 4.3% | -30.5% |
| 2007 | 4.3% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 2.8% | -35.2% |
| 2009 | 3.9% | +38.5% |
| 2010 | 2.8% | -28.5% |
| 2011 | 3.3% | +18.8% |
| 2012 | 5.4% | +65.0% |
| 2013 | 4.3% | -19.8% |
| 2014 | 2.9% | -33.9% |
| 2015 | 2.7% | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 3.7% | +37.1% |
| 2017 | 3.5% | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 4.0% | +12.7% |
| 2019 | 3.8% | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 2.5% | -33.9% |
| 2021 | 2.6% | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 3.4% | +30.6% |
| 2023 | 4.1% | +19.0% |
| 2024 | 3.7% | -8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.1% | 2.8% | 7.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 2.7% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.3% | 2.5% | 4.1% | 5 |
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More financial sector data for Denmark
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 869,208 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 12.24 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate -8.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 74.89 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 6.82 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 80.52 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 86.46 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 93.29 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 93.29 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 15,525 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Denmark?
- Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Denmark was 3.7% in 2024, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 7.5% in 2002.
- What is the lowest bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2020.
- How does Denmark rank for bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio?
- Denmark ranks 147th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Denmark 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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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.