Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio was 26.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 2001–2024
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) recorded 26.6% for bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in 2024.
The figure is down 5.8% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 32.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 14.8%, in 2002.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 1st of 39 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 17.5% | — |
| 2002 | 14.8% | -15.2% |
| 2003 | 18.7% | +26.1% |
| 2004 | 23.0% | +22.9% |
| 2005 | 21.8% | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 23.8% | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 21.8% | -8.6% |
| 2008 | 18.3% | -16.0% |
| 2009 | 25.3% | +38.2% |
| 2010 | 31.0% | +22.4% |
| 2011 | 32.6% | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 27.8% | -14.7% |
| 2013 | 23.2% | -16.3% |
| 2014 | 23.1% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 21.2% | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 24.2% | +14.5% |
| 2017 | 25.7% | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 22.0% | -14.5% |
| 2019 | 21.5% | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 28.2% | +31.0% |
| 2021 | 31.0% | +9.7% |
| 2022 | 32.6% | +5.3% |
| 2023 | 28.3% | -13.3% |
| 2024 | 26.6% | -5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.6% | 14.8% | 25.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 25.2% | 21.2% | 32.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.3% | 26.6% | 32.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- 1 Libya 315.4% compare
- 2 Mozambique 121.4% compare
- 3 Haiti 120.0% compare
- 4 Solomon Islands 117.0% compare
More financial sector data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Net migration -408,528 (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 176.6% (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports 11.31 (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 176.6% (2024)
- Broad money 210.6% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. 42.5% (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 11.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 177.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 26.6% 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 East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 32.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.8% in 2002.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 1st out of 39 groups with data for 2024.
- Is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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.