Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Kuwait
Kuwait: Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio was 6.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Kuwait, 2001–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Kuwait stood at 6.1%.
The figure is down 29.2% on the previous year and down 42.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Kuwait peaked at 18.6% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2.8%, in 2004.
That places Kuwait 132nd out of 152 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Kuwait, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 18.6% | — |
| 2002 | 14.3% | -23.3% |
| 2003 | 4.9% | -65.4% |
| 2004 | 2.8% | -43.0% |
| 2005 | 4.9% | +74.1% |
| 2006 | 6.9% | +40.9% |
| 2007 | 6.8% | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 2.9% | -56.9% |
| 2009 | 6.6% | +126.4% |
| 2010 | 8.5% | +28.1% |
| 2011 | 10.6% | +25.1% |
| 2012 | 12.1% | +13.7% |
| 2013 | 13.7% | +13.2% |
| 2014 | 13.8% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 10.4% | -24.4% |
| 2016 | 10.1% | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 10.0% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 11.7% | +17.1% |
| 2019 | 11.9% | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 15.3% | +28.5% |
| 2021 | 12.1% | -21.0% |
| 2022 | 10.6% | -12.1% |
| 2023 | 10.5% | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 8.6% | -18.2% |
| 2025 | 6.1% | -29.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.7% | 2.8% | 18.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 11.3% | 8.5% | 13.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.5% | 6.1% | 15.3% | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Kuwait
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 9,517 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.2945 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 15.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 88.87 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 8.10 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 25.92 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 29.68 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 37.78 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 29.76 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 6,116 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Kuwait?
- Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Kuwait was 6.1% 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 Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 18.6% in 2001.
- What is the lowest bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.8% in 2004.
- How does Kuwait rank for bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio?
- Kuwait ranks 132nd out of 152 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait 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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About this data
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.