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 184 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.
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
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 48.4% (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports 1.29 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 178.66 billion current LCU (2024)
- Net foreign assets 77.54 billion current LCU (2024)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 48.5% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. 19.9% (2024)
- Domestic credit to private sector 48.5% (2024)
- Official exchange rate 0.885 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration 16,636 (2025)
- GDP deflator: linked series 121.48 base year varies by country (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 184 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.