Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Nepal
Nepal: Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio was 7.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Nepal, 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 Nepal is 7.7%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 5.9% on the previous year and down 36.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Nepal peaked at 19.9% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 5.2%, in 2021.
That places Nepal 122nd out of 152 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Nepal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11.4% | — |
| 2002 | 19.9% | +74.0% |
| 2003 | 10.9% | -45.2% |
| 2004 | 9.9% | -9.3% |
| 2005 | 10.6% | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 11.1% | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 12.4% | +11.7% |
| 2008 | 12.5% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 10.7% | -14.6% |
| 2010 | 10.7% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 14.9% | +38.5% |
| 2012 | 11.8% | -20.3% |
| 2013 | 14.6% | +22.9% |
| 2014 | 11.5% | -21.3% |
| 2015 | 12.0% | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 12.6% | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 8.8% | -30.6% |
| 2018 | 8.4% | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 8.0% | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 9.0% | +12.6% |
| 2021 | 5.2% | -41.5% |
| 2022 | 6.4% | +22.8% |
| 2023 | 6.9% | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 8.2% | +18.9% |
| 2025 | 7.7% | -5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.1% | 9.9% | 19.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 11.3% | 8.0% | 14.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.2% | 5.2% | 9.0% | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Nepal
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 258,878 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 168.55 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 13.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 8.99 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 819.06 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 14.47 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 14.59 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 15.41 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 15.40 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 519.83 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Nepal?
- Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Nepal was 7.7% 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 19.9% in 2002.
- What is the lowest bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.2% in 2021.
- How does Nepal rank for bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio?
- Nepal ranks 122nd out of 152 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal 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.