Liquid liabilities to GDP in United States
United States: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 91.7% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in United States, 1960–2020
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, liquid liabilities to gdp in United States stood at 91.7%. That is the highest value across all 61 years on record.
That represents a change of up 19.2% on the previous year and up 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in United States peaked at 91.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 59.7%, in 1994.
That places United States 55th out of 185 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 61 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64.6% | 60.1% | 67.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 69.4% | 65.4% | 71.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 73.5% | 69.4% | 77.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 64.9% | 59.7% | 71.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 67.8% | 62.6% | 75.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 74.0% | 70.5% | 76.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 91.7% | 91.7% | 91.7% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for United States
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 94,704 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.05 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 4.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 9.15 billion SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 834.01 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 28.22 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 177.63 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 1.01 trillion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 185.70 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 543.32 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in United States?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in United States was 91.7% in 2020, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 91.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.7% in 1994.
- How does United States rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- United States ranks 55th out of 185 countries with data for 2020.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States 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.