Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Eritrea
Eritrea: Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio was 84.9% in 2014. ▲ Rising
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Eritrea, 2001–2014
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 84.9% for bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in 2014. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.8% on the previous year and up 128.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Eritrea peaked at 84.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 37.2%, in 2004.
That places Eritrea 7th out of 152 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 45.0% | — |
| 2002 | 44.3% | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 42.9% | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 37.2% | -13.2% |
| 2005 | 39.4% | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 45.7% | +15.9% |
| 2007 | 58.9% | +28.8% |
| 2008 | 74.4% | +26.5% |
| 2009 | 76.6% | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 72.3% | -5.7% |
| 2011 | 55.5% | -23.2% |
| 2012 | 51.5% | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 79.5% | +54.2% |
| 2014 | 84.9% | +6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 51.6% | 37.2% | 76.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 68.7% | 51.5% | 84.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 4 Solomon Islands 117.0% compare
- 5 South Sudan 87.0%
- 6 Afghanistan 86.9% compare
- 8 Tonga 78.8% compare
- 9 Ghana 70.7% compare
- 10 Sudan 70.6% compare
More financial sector data for Eritrea
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 20,139 current LCU per person (2014)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 20.18 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 11.16 % change on previous year (2014)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 0 SDR (2019)
- Gold reserves at market value 0 SDR (2019)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 135.20 million SDR (2019)
- Reserves excluding gold 138.62 million SDR (2019)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 138.62 million SDR (2019)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 138.62 million SDR (2019)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 42.78 SDR per person (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Eritrea?
- Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Eritrea was 84.9% in 2014, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 84.9% in 2014.
- What is the lowest bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.2% in 2004.
- How does Eritrea rank for bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio?
- Eritrea ranks 7th out of 152 countries with data for 2014.
- Is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 128.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.