Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio was 9.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Timor-Leste, 2002–2025
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 Timor-Leste is 9.5%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 14.4% on the previous year and down 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Timor-Leste peaked at 19.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2.8%, in 2005.
That places Timor-Leste 115th out of 152 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 12.0% | — |
| 2003 | 7.1% | -40.6% |
| 2004 | 4.6% | -36.0% |
| 2005 | 2.8% | -38.7% |
| 2006 | 3.7% | +33.1% |
| 2007 | 7.3% | +97.0% |
| 2008 | 7.1% | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 16.6% | +132.2% |
| 2010 | 13.6% | -18.3% |
| 2011 | 9.7% | -28.6% |
| 2012 | 17.9% | +84.5% |
| 2013 | 12.0% | -32.8% |
| 2014 | 19.3% | +60.5% |
| 2015 | 12.6% | -34.6% |
| 2016 | 8.1% | -35.5% |
| 2017 | 15.3% | +88.6% |
| 2018 | 14.7% | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 8.7% | -40.5% |
| 2020 | 9.6% | +9.9% |
| 2021 | 19.6% | +104.6% |
| 2022 | 6.3% | -67.6% |
| 2023 | 12.1% | +91.1% |
| 2024 | 11.2% | -8.1% |
| 2025 | 9.5% | -14.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.7% | 2.8% | 16.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 13.2% | 8.1% | 19.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.4% | 6.3% | 19.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
- 112 Saint Lucia 10.2% compare
- 113 Sierra Leone 10.1% compare
- 114 Brunei Darussalam 9.6% compare
- 116 Tunisia 9.0% compare
- 117 Kosovo 8.8% compare
- 117 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 8.8% compare
More financial sector data for Timor-Leste
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0031 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 4.2 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0023 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 3.07 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0031 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 4.2 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Timor-Leste?
- Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio in Timor-Leste was 9.5% 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 Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 19.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.8% in 2005.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio?
- Timor-Leste ranks 115th out of 152 countries with data for 2025.
- Is bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Timor-Leste 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.