Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Niger
Niger: Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio was 7.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Niger, 2001–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Niger recorded 7.1% for bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in 2025.
That represents a change of up 28.3% on the previous year and down 31.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Niger peaked at 28.2% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 4.3%, in 2023.
Niger ranks 125th of 152 countries on this measure, 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 Niger, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11.2% | — |
| 2002 | 15.0% | +33.9% |
| 2003 | 19.1% | +27.5% |
| 2004 | 19.6% | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 19.3% | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 18.6% | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 28.2% | +51.5% |
| 2008 | 14.1% | -50.0% |
| 2009 | 17.9% | +26.6% |
| 2010 | 20.0% | +12.1% |
| 2011 | 13.8% | -31.1% |
| 2012 | 18.6% | +35.0% |
| 2013 | 10.9% | -41.3% |
| 2014 | 14.9% | +36.2% |
| 2015 | 10.3% | -30.7% |
| 2016 | 14.5% | +40.2% |
| 2017 | 8.3% | -42.8% |
| 2018 | 10.2% | +22.7% |
| 2019 | 9.1% | -10.8% |
| 2020 | 9.0% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 8.7% | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 9.1% | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 4.3% | -52.5% |
| 2024 | 5.5% | +27.8% |
| 2025 | 7.1% | +28.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.1% | 11.2% | 28.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 13.1% | 8.3% | 20.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.3% | 4.3% | 9.1% | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Niger
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 73,112 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 94.3 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 1.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, per capita 0.9039 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 1.24 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0016 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 0.9039 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Niger?
- Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Niger was 7.1% 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 Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 28.2% in 2007.
- What is the lowest bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.3% in 2023.
- How does Niger rank for bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio?
- Niger ranks 125th out of 152 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Niger 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.