Liquid assets to deposits and short term funding in Benin
Benin: Liquid assets to deposits and short term funding was 27.3% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Liquid assets to deposits and short term funding in Benin, 2000–2019
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
Benin recorded 27.3% for liquid assets to deposits and short term funding in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid assets to deposits and short term funding in Benin peaked at 44.3% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 17.9%, in 2013.
That places Benin 126th out of 170 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Liquid assets to deposits and short term funding in Benin, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 35.3% | — |
| 2001 | 44.3% | +25.3% |
| 2002 | 40.2% | -9.2% |
| 2003 | 30.7% | -23.5% |
| 2004 | 31.0% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 30.4% | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 30.5% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 32.7% | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 33.2% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 31.3% | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 26.9% | -14.2% |
| 2011 | 18.3% | -31.8% |
| 2012 | 23.5% | +28.2% |
| 2013 | 17.9% | -23.7% |
| 2015 | 22.7% | +26.9% |
| 2016 | 20.2% | -11.0% |
| 2017 | 28.8% | +42.3% |
| 2018 | 26.8% | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 27.3% | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.0% | 30.4% | 44.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.6% | 17.9% | 28.8% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More financial sector data for Benin
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 226,044 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 136.31 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 13.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, per capita 1.24 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 1.7 units per person (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 19.7% (2025)
- Net domestic credit 3.35 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Net foreign assets 2.25 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid assets to deposits and short term funding in Benin?
- Liquid assets to deposits and short term funding in Benin was 27.3% in 2019, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest liquid assets to deposits and short term funding recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 44.3% in 2001.
- What is the lowest liquid assets to deposits and short term funding recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.9% in 2013.
- How does Benin rank for liquid assets to deposits and short term funding?
- Benin ranks 126th out of 170 countries with data for 2019.
- Is liquid assets to deposits and short term funding rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD), published as part of Liquid assets to deposits and short term funding (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Raw data are from Bankscope. Data2075 / data2030. Numerator and denominator are first aggregated on the country level before division. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope.