External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in Montenegro
Montenegro: External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors was 28.4% in 2021. ▲ Rising
External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in Montenegro, 2006–2021
Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Measured in % of domestic bank deposits.
Analysis
Montenegro recorded 28.4% for external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.8% on the previous year and up 266.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in Montenegro peaked at 37.0% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 4.9%, in 2006.
Montenegro ranks 79th of 181 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in Montenegro, year by year
| Year | % of domestic bank deposits | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4.9% | — |
| 2007 | 31.3% | +537.3% |
| 2008 | 9.3% | -70.3% |
| 2009 | 12.9% | +39.1% |
| 2010 | 12.9% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 7.8% | -40.1% |
| 2012 | 17.6% | +126.6% |
| 2013 | 22.0% | +25.2% |
| 2014 | 37.0% | +68.4% |
| 2015 | 31.2% | -15.8% |
| 2016 | 18.9% | -39.6% |
| 2017 | 19.4% | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 24.9% | +28.3% |
| 2019 | 31.0% | +24.4% |
| 2020 | 33.0% | +6.5% |
| 2021 | 28.4% | -13.8% |
Montenegro compared with similar countries
- Montenegro's 28.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19.1%, 1.5× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Montenegro's 28.4% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 17.9%, 1.6× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in Montenegro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +537.3% | 4.9% | 31.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.6% | 4.9% | 31.3% | 4 |
| 2010s | 22.3% | 7.8% | 37.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.7% | 28.4% | 33.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Montenegro
More financial sector data for Montenegro
- 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 0.0022 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 32.64 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 0.0016 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 23.83 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 0.0022 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 32.64 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in Montenegro?
- External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in Montenegro was 28.4% in 2021, according to Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
- What is the highest external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors recorded in Montenegro?
- The highest recorded value was 37.0% in 2014.
- What is the lowest external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors recorded in Montenegro?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.9% in 2006.
- How does Montenegro rank for external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors?
- Montenegro ranks 79th out of 181 countries with data for 2021.
- Is external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors rising or falling in Montenegro?
- Over the last ten years it is up 266.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Montenegro data come from?
- The figures come from Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as part of External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors (% of domestic bank deposits). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 16 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Data is from BIS Statistical Appendix Table 7A: External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors; bank deposits from IFS (IFS lines 24 and 25). End of year data (i.e. December data) are used.