Liquid liabilities to GDP in Italy
Italy: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 119.0% in 2021. β² Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Italy, 1960β2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, liquid liabilities to gdp in Italy stood at 119.0%. That is the highest value across all 60 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 50.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Italy peaked at 119.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 18.9%, in 1960.
Italy ranks 30th of 185 countries on this measure, 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 | 29.1% | 18.9% | 37.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 66.8% | 41.9% | 83.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 65.6% | 60.9% | 73.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 57.6% | 48.7% | 63.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 67.2% | 55.2% | 84.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 88.7% | 78.9% | 98.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 118.8% | 118.6% | 119.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More financial sector data for Italy
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 59.2% (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports 5.67 (2025)
- Net domestic credit 3.11 trillion current LCU (2024)
- Net foreign assets -417,852.00 trillion current LCU (2024)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 60.3% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. 50.8% (2024)
- Domestic credit to private sector 60.3% (2024)
- Official exchange rate 0.885 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration 75,448 (2025)
- GDP deflator: linked series 115.8 base year varies by country (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in Italy?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Italy was 119.0% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 119.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.9% in 1960.
- How does Italy rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Italy ranks 30th out of 185 countries with data for 2021.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.