Broad money in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: Broad money was 72.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Broad money in Latin America & Caribbean, 1960–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for broad money in Latin America & Caribbean is 72.7%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad money in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 72.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 18.6%, in 1966.
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 21st 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, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 20.6% | — |
| 1961 | 19.4% | -6.2% |
| 1962 | 20.0% | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 19.8% | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 19.2% | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 19.3% | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 18.6% | -3.8% |
| 1967 | 20.2% | +8.6% |
| 1968 | 20.9% | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 21.6% | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 22.6% | +4.8% |
| 1971 | 22.8% | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 24.3% | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 23.8% | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 22.8% | -4.3% |
| 1975 | 23.5% | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 24.3% | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 22.5% | -7.6% |
| 1978 | 23.7% | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 24.4% | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 23.4% | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 24.7% | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 23.6% | -4.5% |
| 1983 | 25.2% | +6.5% |
| 1984 | 25.3% | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 23.8% | -6.1% |
| 1986 | 25.6% | +7.6% |
| 1987 | 25.1% | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 44.1% | +76.2% |
| 1989 | 63.6% | +44.1% |
| 1990 | 25.9% | -59.3% |
| 1991 | 27.0% | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 34.2% | +26.4% |
| 1993 | 41.3% | +20.7% |
| 1994 | 31.3% | -24.2% |
| 1995 | 28.4% | -9.4% |
| 1996 | 29.8% | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 32.3% | +8.4% |
| 1998 | 33.2% | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 34.0% | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 33.0% | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 37.4% | +13.5% |
| 2002 | 36.9% | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 38.8% | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 38.9% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 41.2% | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 43.1% | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 46.4% | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 47.4% | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 52.0% | +9.8% |
| 2010 | 51.8% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 54.2% | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 55.3% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 56.2% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 58.3% | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 59.2% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 62.5% | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 62.4% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 61.3% | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 62.4% | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 71.8% | +15.0% |
| 2021 | 67.8% | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 66.8% | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 69.5% | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 71.2% | +2.3% |
| 2025 | 72.7% | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.0% | 18.6% | 21.6% | 10 |
| 1970s | 23.5% | 22.5% | 24.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 30.4% | 23.4% | 63.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 31.7% | 25.9% | 41.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.5% | 33.0% | 52.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.4% | 51.8% | 62.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.0% | 66.8% | 72.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean
More financial sector data for Latin America & Caribbean
- Net migration -401,848 (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 48.5% (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 48.2% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 33.6% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 52.6% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 3.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 6.54 (2025)
- Net migration, annual growth rate -6.2 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is broad money in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Broad money in Latin America & Caribbean was 72.7% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest broad money recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 72.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest broad money recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.6% in 1966.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for broad money?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 21st out of 44 groups with data for 2025.
- Is broad money rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean 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.