External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in United States
United States: External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors was 17.3% in 2020. ▼ Falling
External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in United States, 1995–2020
Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Measured in % of domestic bank deposits.
Analysis
In 2020, external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in United States stood at 17.3%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 53.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in United States peaked at 37.1% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 17.3%, in 2020.
United States ranks 107th of 181 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in United States, year by year
| Year | % of domestic bank deposits | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 18.5% | — |
| 1996 | 19.4% | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 23.5% | +21.2% |
| 1998 | 21.2% | -9.6% |
| 1999 | 22.2% | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 23.3% | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 24.7% | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 26.7% | +8.2% |
| 2003 | 26.8% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 28.5% | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 31.7% | +11.2% |
| 2006 | 33.2% | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 36.1% | +8.8% |
| 2008 | 32.3% | -10.5% |
| 2009 | 32.3% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 37.1% | +15.1% |
| 2011 | 32.0% | -13.8% |
| 2012 | 27.7% | -13.4% |
| 2013 | 24.6% | -11.0% |
| 2014 | 21.7% | -12.0% |
| 2015 | 19.1% | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 17.6% | -7.5% |
| 2017 | 19.0% | +7.9% |
| 2018 | 17.8% | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 17.7% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 17.3% | -1.9% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 17.3% is below the median for high income countries, which is 31.9%, 54% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.9% | 18.5% | 23.5% | 5 |
| 2000s | 29.6% | 23.3% | 36.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.4% | 17.6% | 37.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.3% | 17.3% | 17.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near United States
More financial sector data for United States
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 94,704 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.05 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 4.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 9.15 billion SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 834.01 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 28.22 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 177.63 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 1.01 trillion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 185.70 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 543.32 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in United States?
- External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in United States was 17.3% in 2020, 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 United States?
- The highest recorded value was 37.1% in 2010.
- What is the lowest external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.3% in 2020.
- How does United States rank for external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors?
- United States ranks 107th out of 181 countries with data for 2020.
- Is external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States 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.