Liquid liabilities to GDP in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 70.1% in 2017. β² Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Saudi Arabia, 1968β2017
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 70.1% for liquid liabilities to gdp in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.2% on the previous year and up 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Saudi Arabia peaked at 74.7% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 6.1%, in 1974.
Saudi Arabia ranks 84th of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.8% | 14.7% | 14.9% | 2 |
| 1970s | 13.5% | 6.1% | 21.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 36.5% | 14.1% | 53.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 45.4% | 42.6% | 51.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 50.2% | 44.3% | 64.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.5% | 49.2% | 74.7% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 81 Iceland 72.5% compare
- 82 Hungary 72.0% compare
- 83 Philippines 70.4% compare
- 85 South Africa 69.9% compare
- 86 Micronesia, Federated States of 69.9% compare
- 87 Tunisia 69.8% compare
More financial sector data for Saudi Arabia
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 32,328 current LCU per person (2017)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.35 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2017)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 21.57 % change on previous year (2017)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 363.54 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 33.13 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 317.55 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 335.74 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 368.87 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 336.06 billion SDR (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 64.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in Saudi Arabia?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Saudi Arabia was 70.1% in 2017, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 74.7% in 2016.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.1% in 1974.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 84th out of 185 countries with data for 2017.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.