Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio was 16.9% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 2001–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) stood at 16.9%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.7% on the previous year and down 26.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) peaked at 24.2% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 16.9%, in 2025.
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 22nd of 39 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 18.4% | — |
| 2002 | 18.6% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 17.4% | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 20.5% | +18.2% |
| 2005 | 19.3% | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 19.0% | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 20.7% | +9.0% |
| 2008 | 18.6% | -10.3% |
| 2009 | 22.2% | +19.4% |
| 2010 | 22.1% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 22.7% | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 22.4% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 24.2% | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 21.9% | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 22.9% | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 20.0% | -12.3% |
| 2017 | 22.2% | +10.6% |
| 2018 | 19.3% | -12.9% |
| 2019 | 19.8% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 22.4% | +13.3% |
| 2021 | 20.2% | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 19.6% | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 19.3% | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 19.3% | -0.0% |
| 2025 | 16.9% | -12.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.4% | 17.4% | 22.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 21.7% | 19.3% | 24.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.6% | 16.9% | 22.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
More financial sector data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 8.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2024)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 21.5% (2023)
- Total reserves in months of imports 3.89 (2024)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 21.7% (2023)
- Broad money 34.3% (2021)
- Net migration, annual growth rate 52.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 10.9% (2023)
- Domestic credit to private sector 22.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 16.9% 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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The highest recorded value was 24.2% in 2013.
- What is the lowest bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.9% in 2025.
- How does Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank for bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio?
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 22nd out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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.