Liquid liabilities to GDP in Rwanda
Rwanda: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 27.2% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Rwanda, 1964–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, liquid liabilities to gdp in Rwanda stood at 27.2%. That is the highest value across all 58 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and up 57.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Rwanda peaked at 27.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 10.5%, in 1968.
Rwanda ranks 163rd of 184 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.2% | 10.5% | 17.8% | 6 |
| 1970s | 14.0% | 11.4% | 18.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 14.3% | 12.3% | 17.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.0% | 13.6% | 22.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.7% | 14.3% | 17.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.2% | 15.6% | 22.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.7% | 26.2% | 27.2% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Rwanda
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 22.0% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 4.18 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 5.85 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Net foreign assets 3.22 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 22.1% (2025)
- Broad money 26.1% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. 0.7% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 22.1% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 1,428 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration 6,282 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in Rwanda?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Rwanda was 27.2% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 27.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.5% in 1968.
- How does Rwanda rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Rwanda ranks 163rd out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.