External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in Serbia
Serbia: External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors was 11.5% in 2021. ▼ Falling
External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in Serbia, 2006–2021
Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Measured in % of domestic bank deposits.
Analysis
Serbia recorded 11.5% for external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 24.0% on the previous year and down 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in Serbia peaked at 47.1% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 11.5%, in 2021.
That places Serbia 136th out of 181 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % of domestic bank deposits | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 19.8% | — |
| 2007 | 47.1% | +137.5% |
| 2008 | 20.0% | -57.4% |
| 2009 | 18.7% | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 22.3% | +19.3% |
| 2011 | 17.2% | -22.8% |
| 2012 | 21.1% | +22.7% |
| 2013 | 20.8% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 28.3% | +35.7% |
| 2015 | 27.9% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 22.6% | -19.0% |
| 2017 | 19.5% | -13.6% |
| 2018 | 15.9% | -18.6% |
| 2019 | 15.6% | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 15.1% | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 11.5% | -24.0% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 11.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19.1%, 60% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 11.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 17.9%, 64% of 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 Serbia 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 | +137.5% | 19.8% | 47.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.4% | 18.7% | 47.1% | 4 |
| 2010s | 21.1% | 15.6% | 28.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.3% | 11.5% | 15.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
More financial sector data for Serbia
- 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 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 9.8 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 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 7.15 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 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 9.8 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 Serbia?
- External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in Serbia was 11.5% 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 Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 47.1% in 2007.
- What is the lowest external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.5% in 2021.
- How does Serbia rank for external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors?
- Serbia ranks 136th 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 Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Serbia 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.
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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.