Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in IDA & IBRD total
IDA & IBRD total: Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio was 18.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in IDA & IBRD total, 2001–2025
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 IDA & IBRD total is 18.0%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 11.1% on the previous year and down 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in IDA & IBRD total peaked at 22.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 14.9%, in 2002.
That places IDA & IBRD total 14th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in IDA & IBRD total, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 16.4% | — |
| 2002 | 14.9% | -9.3% |
| 2003 | 15.2% | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 17.4% | +14.7% |
| 2005 | 18.0% | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 17.2% | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 17.8% | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 16.1% | -9.8% |
| 2009 | 20.0% | +24.7% |
| 2010 | 20.1% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 19.9% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 19.0% | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 19.8% | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 19.5% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 20.7% | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 20.9% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 20.6% | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 19.2% | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 19.4% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 21.5% | +10.7% |
| 2021 | 22.2% | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 21.4% | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 22.0% | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 20.3% | -7.8% |
| 2025 | 18.0% | -11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.0% | 14.9% | 20.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 19.9% | 19.0% | 20.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.9% | 18.0% | 22.2% | 6 |
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More financial sector data for IDA & IBRD total
- Net migration -2.90 million (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 9.6 (2025)
- Broad money 153.5% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. 33.7% (2024)
- Domestic credit to private sector 117.5% (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 2.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 115.6% (2024)
- Net migration, annual growth rate 20.59 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in IDA & IBRD total?
- Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in IDA & IBRD total was 18.0% 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 IDA & IBRD total?
- The highest recorded value was 22.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio recorded in IDA & IBRD total?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.9% in 2002.
- How does IDA & IBRD total rank for bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio?
- IDA & IBRD total ranks 14th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio rising or falling in IDA & IBRD total?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA & IBRD total 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.