Egypt, Arab Rep.'s bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) was 14.37% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 23.57 percentage points from 37.94% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 14.37% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 31.24% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 37.94% | 2015 |
| Highest | 52.02% | 2018 |
| Lowest | 13.45% | 2012 |
| Average since 2016 | 39.26% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 22.61% | 2001 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Egypt, Arab Rep.'s bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) fell 15.77 percentage points on 2024 (from 30.13% to 14.37%).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2024), the average change was +0.33 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.69 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 15.69 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 18.2 percentage points in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 2.77 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 52% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Egypt, Arab Rep. had the 62nd highest value of the 109 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 14.37% | 2025 |
| World | 16.73% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 16.73% | 2025 |
Closest to Egypt, Arab Rep. in the 2025 ranking
- Rwanda — 59th of 109: 15.28%
- Bahamas, The — 60th of 109: 15.11%
- Guinea-Bissau — 61st of 109: 14.82%
- El Salvador — 63rd of 109: 14.33%
- Armenia — 64th of 109: 14.12%
- Dominica — 65th of 109: 13.97%
What this measures
Ratio of bank liquid reserves to bank assets is the ratio of domestic currency holdings and deposits with the monetary authorities to claims on other governments, nonfinancial public enterprises, the private sector, and other banking institutions. This indicator is expressed as a percentage (a÷b)*100.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.
All 25 values
| Year | Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.37 |
| 2024 | 30.13 |
| 2023 | 38.63 |
| 2022 | 39.25 |
| 2021 | 46.93 |
| 2020 | 31.24 |
| 2019 | 49.44 |
| 2018 | 52.02 |
| 2017 | 50.11 |
| 2016 | 40.46 |
| 2015 |
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) in nearby economies
More financial sector data for Egypt, Arab Rep.
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 25.84% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 18.29 trillion (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 1.11 trillion (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 25.84% (2025)
- Broad money (current LCU) — 14.03 trillion (2025)
- Broad money (% of GDP) — 77.35% (2025)
- Broad money to total reserves ratio — 5.78 (2025)
- Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 711.63 (2025)
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 14.07% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Egypt, Arab Rep.'s bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%)?
- 14.37% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2001?
- It is down 8.24 percentage points from 22.61% in 2001. The highest value was 52.02% in 2018 and the lowest 13.45% in 2012.
- How does Egypt, Arab Rep. rank?
- 62nd highest of 109 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) unusual for Egypt, Arab Rep.?
- In 2025, Egypt, Arab Rep.'s bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) fell 15.77 percentage points on 2024 (from 30.13% to 14.37%). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2024), the average change was +0.33 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.69 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FD.RES.LIQU.AS.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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