Guinea-Bissau's bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) was 14.82% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 9.77 percentage points from 24.59% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 14.82% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 9.47% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 24.59% | 2015 |
| Highest | 74.05% | 2005 |
| Lowest | 6.26% | 2023 |
| Average since 2016 | 9.86% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 44.65% | 2001 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Guinea-Bissau's bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) rose 4.96 percentage points on 2024 (from 9.86% to 14.82%).
Across the 21 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2024), the average change was −0.72 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 16.16 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 25.52 percentage points in 2005 and the biggest yearly fall was 46.52 percentage points in 2006. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 15% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Guinea-Bissau had the 61st 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Guinea-Bissau | 14.82% | 2025 |
| World | 16.73% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 16.02% | 2025 |
| Low income | 16.36% | 2024 |
Closest to Guinea-Bissau in the 2025 ranking
- Djibouti — 58th of 109: 15.33%
- Rwanda — 59th of 109: 15.28%
- Bahamas, The — 60th of 109: 15.11%
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 62nd of 109: 14.37%
- El Salvador — 63rd of 109: 14.33%
- Armenia — 64th of 109: 14.12%
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 24 values
| Year | Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.82 |
| 2024 | 9.86 |
| 2023 | 6.26 |
| 2022 | 8.02 |
| 2021 | 15.16 |
| 2020 | 9.47 |
| 2019 | 10.85 |
| 2018 | 8.8 |
| 2017 | 7.07 |
| 2016 | 8.32 |
| 2015 |
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) in nearby economies
- Angola — 36.53% (2025)
- Benin — 6.48% (2025)
- Botswana — 5.18% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 10.7% (2025)
- Burundi — 13.96% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 44.54% (2025)
- Cameroon — 22.79% (2019)
- Central African Republic — 12.22% (2022)
- Chad — 15.45% (2021)
- Comoros — 47.03% (2024)
More financial sector data for Guinea-Bissau
- DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$581.93 (2025)
- Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$581.93 (2025)
- GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 135.92 (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 4.32% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 326.78 billion (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 307.13 billion (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 9.99% (2025)
- Broad money (current LCU) — 547.26 billion (2025)
- Broad money (% of GDP) — 37.2% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Guinea-Bissau's bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%)?
- 14.82% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2001?
- It is down 29.83 percentage points from 44.65% in 2001. The highest value was 74.05% in 2005 and the lowest 6.26% in 2023.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank?
- 61st highest of 109 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) unusual for Guinea-Bissau?
- In 2025, Guinea-Bissau's bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) rose 4.96 percentage points on 2024 (from 9.86% to 14.82%). Across the 21 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2024), the average change was −0.72 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 16.16 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
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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