Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Ecuador
Ecuador: Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio was 5.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Ecuador, 2001–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 5.6% for bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in 2025.
The figure is down 8.5% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Ecuador peaked at 12.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 3.5%, in 2003.
Ecuador ranks 134th of 152 countries 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 Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3.8% | — |
| 2002 | 5.0% | +31.7% |
| 2003 | 3.5% | -29.8% |
| 2004 | 3.7% | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 3.9% | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 4.0% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 4.3% | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 6.3% | +48.0% |
| 2009 | 6.7% | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 5.1% | -23.8% |
| 2011 | 4.9% | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 6.5% | +32.7% |
| 2013 | 9.8% | +49.8% |
| 2014 | 7.0% | -28.6% |
| 2015 | 5.5% | -20.9% |
| 2016 | 12.6% | +127.7% |
| 2017 | 9.0% | -28.9% |
| 2018 | 6.7% | -25.5% |
| 2019 | 6.6% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 12.1% | +83.9% |
| 2021 | 9.6% | -20.6% |
| 2022 | 7.8% | -18.4% |
| 2023 | 5.1% | -35.4% |
| 2024 | 6.1% | +20.4% |
| 2025 | 5.6% | -8.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.6% | 3.5% | 6.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 7.4% | 4.9% | 12.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.7% | 5.1% | 12.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 131 South Africa 6.1% compare
- 132 Kuwait 6.1% compare
- 133 Sweden 6.0% compare
- 135 Hong Kong, China 5.4% compare
- 136 Sri Lanka 5.4% compare
- 137 New Zealand 5.3% compare
More financial sector data for Ecuador
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 4,540 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.6372 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 10.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 29.57 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 2.69 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 4.43 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 4.46 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 7.15 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 7.15 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 391.17 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Ecuador?
- Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Ecuador was 5.6% 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 Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 12.6% in 2016.
- What is the lowest bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5% in 2003.
- How does Ecuador rank for bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio?
- Ecuador ranks 134th out of 152 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.