Liquid liabilities to GDP (%) in Greece
Greece: Liquid liabilities to GDP (%) was 122.3% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Greece, 1960–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Greece recorded 122.3% for liquid liabilities to gdp in 2021.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Greece peaked at 122.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 20.1%, in 1960.
That places Greece 27th out of 186 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 60 years of available data.
Liquid liabilities to GDP (%) in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 20.1% | — |
| 1961 | 20.5% | +1.6% |
| 1962 | 23.7% | +15.8% |
| 1963 | 25.2% | +6.5% |
| 1964 | 25.6% | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 24.3% | -5.2% |
| 1966 | 25.5% | +5.2% |
| 1967 | 27.5% | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 29.4% | +6.8% |
| 1969 | 29.0% | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 30.3% | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 33.7% | +11.1% |
| 1972 | 35.7% | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 31.8% | -10.9% |
| 1974 | 33.4% | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 34.8% | +4.1% |
| 1976 | 34.8% | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 35.8% | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 46.5% | +30.1% |
| 1979 | 44.5% | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 45.8% | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 51.3% | +11.9% |
| 1982 | 52.7% | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 53.2% | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 55.4% | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 56.8% | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 57.5% | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 62.6% | +8.8% |
| 1988 | 63.2% | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 65.6% | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 62.2% | -5.2% |
| 1991 | 55.0% | -11.6% |
| 1992 | 52.2% | -5.2% |
| 1993 | 50.5% | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 54.5% | +7.9% |
| 1995 | 55.7% | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 56.9% | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 55.9% | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 52.0% | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 94.4% | +81.6% |
| 2002 | 86.3% | -8.6% |
| 2003 | 83.3% | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 84.0% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 87.9% | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 88.6% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 95.2% | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 103.0% | +8.2% |
| 2009 | 109.9% | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 103.9% | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 98.0% | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 99.9% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 107.4% | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 108.7% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 89.8% | -17.3% |
| 2016 | 90.2% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 94.1% | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 96.7% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 98.6% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 122.8% | +24.5% |
| 2021 | 122.3% | -0.4% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 122.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 96.0%, 1.3× the median. (61 countries reporting)
- Greece's 122.3% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 75.1%, 1.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Liquid liabilities to GDP (%) in Greece 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +81.6% | 52.0% | 94.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25.1% | 20.1% | 29.4% | 10 |
| 1970s | 36.1% | 30.3% | 46.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 56.4% | 45.8% | 65.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 55.0% | 50.5% | 62.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 92.5% | 83.3% | 109.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 98.7% | 89.8% | 108.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 122.5% | 122.3% | 122.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 24 Netherlands 124.1% compare
- 25 Nepal 122.8% compare
- 26 San Marino 122.6% compare
- 28 Canada 121.9% compare
- 29 Seychelles 119.2% compare
- 30 Italy 119.0% compare
More financial sector data for Greece
- 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 0.0028 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 75.62 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 0.002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 55.22 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 0.0028 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 75.62 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in Greece?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Greece was 122.3% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 122.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.1% in 1960.
- How does Greece rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Greece ranks 27th out of 186 countries with data for 2021.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Liquid liabilities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is liquid liabilities, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF's International Financial Statistics. Liquid liabilities (IFS lines 55L or, if not available, line 35L); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF) For Eurocurrency area countries liquid liabilities are estimated by summing IFS items 34A, 34B and 35.