Liquid liabilities to GDP in Switzerland
Switzerland: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 185.6% in 2016. β² Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Switzerland, 1960β2016
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2016, liquid liabilities to gdp in Switzerland stood at 185.6%. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Switzerland peaked at 185.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 97.0%, in 1961.
That places Switzerland 7th out of 185 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 101.7% | 97.0% | 113.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 123.3% | 109.9% | 132.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 132.7% | 121.3% | 159.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 142.0% | 133.4% | 149.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 173.4% | 147.8% | 185.6% | 7 |
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- 4 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 286.9% compare
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- 8 Korea, Republic of 174.4% compare
- 9 Eritrea, The State of 172.7% compare
- 10 Malta 169.1% compare
More financial sector data for Switzerland
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 141,431 current LCU per person (2016)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.7 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2016)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 3.56 % change on previous year (2016)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 167.8% (2016)
- Total reserves in months of imports 13.2 (2025)
- Net domestic credit 1.18 trillion current LCU (2016)
- Net foreign assets 506.31 billion current LCU (2016)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 167.8% (2016)
- Broad money 181.9% (2016)
- Claims on central government, etc. 4.2% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in Switzerland?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Switzerland was 185.6% in 2016, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 185.6% in 2016.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.0% in 1961.
- How does Switzerland rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Switzerland ranks 7th out of 185 countries with data for 2016.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.