External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis the banking in Palestine
Palestine: External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis the banking was 7.2% in 2021. ▼ Falling
External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis the banking in Palestine, 1998–2021
Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Measured in % of domestic bank deposits.
Analysis
Palestine recorded 7.2% for external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis the banking in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 25.7% on the previous year and down 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis the banking in Palestine peaked at 23.5% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 4.4%, in 2019.
That places Palestine 115th out of 180 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis the banking in Palestine, year by year
| Year | % of domestic bank deposits | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4.5% | — |
| 1999 | 23.5% | +419.3% |
| 2000 | 18.8% | -19.7% |
| 2001 | 18.4% | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 15.2% | -17.5% |
| 2003 | 21.2% | +39.3% |
| 2004 | 21.0% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 21.7% | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 16.3% | -25.2% |
| 2007 | 9.7% | -40.5% |
| 2008 | 13.0% | +34.2% |
| 2009 | 13.5% | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 12.6% | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 11.0% | -12.6% |
| 2012 | 12.9% | +17.0% |
| 2013 | 11.4% | -11.0% |
| 2014 | 8.9% | -22.0% |
| 2015 | 8.2% | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 5.6% | -31.4% |
| 2017 | 7.7% | +37.1% |
| 2018 | 4.7% | -39.7% |
| 2019 | 4.4% | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 5.7% | +30.1% |
| 2021 | 7.2% | +25.7% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 7.2% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10.0%, 72% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 7.2% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 16.7%, 43% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis the banking in Palestine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +419.3% | 4.5% | 23.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.0% | 4.5% | 23.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 16.9% | 9.7% | 21.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.7% | 4.4% | 12.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.5% | 5.7% | 7.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
More financial sector data for Palestine
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 23.12 % 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, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 6.34 % change on previous year (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.7396 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 2,345 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU), annual growth rate 27.58 % change on previous year (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.6879 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU), per capita 2,181 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net migration, annual growth rate -0.0475 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis the banking in Palestine?
- External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis the banking in Palestine was 7.2% in 2021, according to Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
- What is the highest external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis the banking recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 23.5% in 1999.
- What is the lowest external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis the banking recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.4% in 2019.
- How does Palestine rank for external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis the banking?
- Palestine ranks 115th out of 180 countries with data for 2021.
- Is external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis the banking rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine 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 the banking sector (% 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 minus 7B: External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors minus external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis nonbanking sectors; bank deposits from IFS (IFS lines 24 and 25). End of year data (i.e. December data) are used.