Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP in Japan

Japan: Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP was 169.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
169.6%
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
8th
of 187 countries
All-time high
240.9%
in 1996
All-time low
58.0%
in 1960
Years of data
62
1960–2021

Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP in Japan, 1960–2021

50100150200250196019902021

Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.

Analysis

Japan recorded 169.6% for deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in 2021.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in Japan peaked at 240.9% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 58.0%, in 1960.

Japan ranks 8th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 62 years of available data.

Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP in Japan, year by year

Annual values for Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP (%) in Japan, 1960 to 2021.
Year % Change
1960 58.0%
1961 58.5% +0.9%
1962 75.7% +29.3%
1963 81.9% +8.1%
1964 82.0% +0.2%
1965 85.9% +4.8%
1966 87.5% +1.8%
1967 86.5% -1.1%
1968 83.2% -3.8%
1969 82.9% -0.3%
1970 118.2% +42.5%
1971 131.8% +11.6%
1972 145.0% +10.0%
1973 143.0% -1.4%
1974 137.6% -3.8%
1975 144.9% +5.3%
1976 150.7% +4.0%
1977 153.7% +2.0%
1978 158.9% +3.4%
1979 163.5% +2.9%
1980 167.4% +2.4%
1981 172.0% +2.8%
1982 180.4% +4.9%
1983 188.7% +4.6%
1984 193.0% +2.3%
1985 197.7% +2.5%
1986 206.4% +4.4%
1987 217.6% +5.4%
1988 223.4% +2.7%
1989 228.4% +2.2%
1990 226.7% -0.7%
1991 224.7% -0.9%
1992 230.2% +2.4%
1993 236.9% +2.9%
1994 237.0% +0.1%
1995 239.5% +1.0%
1996 240.9% +0.6%
1997 205.0% -14.9%
1998 216.2% +5.5%
1999 222.0% +2.7%
2000 225.3% +1.5%
2001 145.5% -35.4%
2002 142.0% -2.4%
2003 145.6% +2.6%
2004 144.6% -0.7%
2005 148.7% +2.9%
2006 149.0% +0.2%
2007 146.9% -1.4%
2008 156.0% +6.2%
2009 176.2% +13.0%
2010 178.0% +1.0%
2011 183.0% +2.8%
2012 183.7% +0.4%
2013 179.8% -2.1%
2014 173.8% -3.3%
2015 160.6% -7.6%
2016 157.2% -2.1%
2017 156.0% -0.8%
2018 152.1% -2.5%
2019 153.2% +0.7%
2020 170.4% +11.3%
2021 169.6% -0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 78.2% 58.0% 87.5% 10
1970s 144.7% 118.2% 163.5% 10
1980s 197.5% 167.4% 228.4% 10
1990s 227.9% 205.0% 240.9% 10
2000s 158.0% 142.0% 225.3% 10
2010s 167.8% 152.1% 183.7% 10
2020s 170.0% 169.6% 170.4% 2

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 5 Republic of Korea 181.7% compare
  2. 6 Switzerland 172.5% compare
  3. 7 Denmark 169.9% compare
  4. 9 Singapore 169.0% compare
  5. 10 Cambodia 166.3% compare
  6. 11 Lebanon 161.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in Japan?
Deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in Japan was 169.6% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
What is the highest deposit money banks'' assets to gdp recorded in Japan?
The highest recorded value was 240.9% in 1996.
What is the lowest deposit money banks'' assets to gdp recorded in Japan?
The lowest recorded value was 58.0% in 1960.
How does Japan rank for deposit money banks'' assets to gdp?
Japan ranks 8th out of 187 countries with data for 2021.
Is deposit money banks'' assets to gdp rising or falling in Japan?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Japan data come from?
The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP (%)
Unit
%
Source
International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
187 places, 8,670 data points, 1960–2021
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Claims on domestic real nonfinancial sector by deposit money banks as a share of GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is deposit money bank claims, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF’s International Financial Statistics. Deposit money bank assets (IFS lines 22, a-d); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF).