Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Panama
Panama: Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio was 2.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Panama, 2001–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Panama stood at 2.3%.
The figure is down 9.0% on the previous year and up 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Panama peaked at 3.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2001.
That places Panama 150th 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 Panama, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.5% | — |
| 2002 | 1.7% | +251.3% |
| 2003 | 1.6% | -7.2% |
| 2004 | 1.5% | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 1.6% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 1.5% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 1.4% | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 1.7% | +10.9% |
| 2011 | 1.8% | +11.5% |
| 2012 | 1.7% | -9.2% |
| 2013 | 1.9% | +15.0% |
| 2014 | 1.5% | -21.0% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 1.9% | +16.4% |
| 2017 | 2.0% | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 2.0% | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 2.0% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 2.8% | +38.1% |
| 2021 | 2.4% | -12.5% |
| 2022 | 3.0% | +21.2% |
| 2023 | 2.7% | -8.8% |
| 2024 | 2.5% | -7.4% |
| 2025 | 2.3% | -9.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.4% | 0.5% | 1.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.8% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.6% | 2.3% | 3.0% | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Panama
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 11,791 current LCU per person (2020)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.8872 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate -4.93 % change on previous year (2020)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 4.12 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 4.56 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 4.56 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 4.56 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 996.88 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate -13.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 996.88 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Panama?
- Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Panama was 2.3% 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 Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 3.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2001.
- How does Panama rank for bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio?
- Panama ranks 150th out of 152 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama 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.