Broad money in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Broad money was 73.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Broad money in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1960–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 73.6% for broad money in 2025. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad money in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 73.6% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 18.8%, in 1966.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 20th of 44 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Broad money in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 20.6% | — |
| 1961 | 19.6% | -4.6% |
| 1962 | 19.6% | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 20.0% | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 19.4% | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 19.6% | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 18.8% | -4.1% |
| 1967 | 20.5% | +8.9% |
| 1968 | 21.3% | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 22.1% | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 23.1% | +4.6% |
| 1971 | 22.6% | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 23.8% | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 23.7% | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 23.2% | -1.9% |
| 1975 | 23.6% | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 24.3% | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 22.3% | -8.2% |
| 1978 | 23.4% | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 24.0% | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 22.8% | -5.1% |
| 1981 | 24.0% | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 22.4% | -6.8% |
| 1983 | 24.2% | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 24.2% | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 22.6% | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 24.4% | +8.2% |
| 1987 | 24.0% | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 44.4% | +85.1% |
| 1989 | 65.3% | +46.8% |
| 1990 | 24.8% | -62.0% |
| 1991 | 26.1% | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 33.8% | +29.5% |
| 1993 | 41.4% | +22.3% |
| 1994 | 30.8% | -25.5% |
| 1995 | 27.6% | -10.3% |
| 1996 | 29.0% | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 31.6% | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 32.4% | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 32.9% | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 31.8% | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 35.0% | +10.1% |
| 2002 | 34.1% | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 36.4% | +6.6% |
| 2004 | 36.5% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 39.1% | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 41.0% | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 44.5% | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 45.8% | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 51.0% | +11.4% |
| 2010 | 51.2% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 53.4% | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 54.4% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 55.1% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 57.3% | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 58.0% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 61.6% | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 61.9% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 60.6% | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 61.4% | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 70.7% | +15.0% |
| 2021 | 66.3% | -6.2% |
| 2022 | 66.1% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 69.3% | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 71.7% | +3.5% |
| 2025 | 73.6% | +2.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Broad money in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +85.1% | 24.0% | 44.4% |
| 1990 | -62.0% | 65.3% | 24.8% |
| 1989 | +46.8% | 44.4% | 65.3% |
| 1994 | -25.5% | 41.4% | 30.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.1% | 18.8% | 22.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 23.4% | 22.3% | 24.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 29.8% | 22.4% | 65.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 31.0% | 24.8% | 41.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.5% | 31.8% | 51.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.5% | 51.2% | 61.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.6% | 66.1% | 73.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
More financial sector data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Net migration -462,147 (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 47.3% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 6.7 (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 47.3% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 35.1% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 3.67 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 50.1% (2025)
- Net migration, annual growth rate -2.22 % change on previous year (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad money in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Broad money in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 73.6% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest broad money recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 73.6% in 2025.
- What is the lowest broad money recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.8% in 1966.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for broad money?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 20th out of 44 groups with data for 2025.
- Is broad money rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Broad money (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.