Myanmar: Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2020, Myanmar's bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) fell 0.22 percentage points on 2019 (from 16.99% to 16.76%).

Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2019), the average change was −0.82 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 19.25 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 45.3 percentage points in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 33.28 percentage points in 2005. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 21% 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

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Closest to Myanmar in the 2020 ranking

• Afghanistan — 1st of 2: 86.89%

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 20 values

Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) in nearby economies

• Australia — 6.68% (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — 9.58% (2025)
• Cambodia — 20.5% (2025)
• Fiji — 28.3% (2025)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 5.38% (2025)
• Indonesia — 19.48% (2025)
• Japan — 30.5% (2025)
• Korea, Rep. — 3.57% (2024)
• Macao SAR, China — 5.05% (2025)
• Malaysia

More financial sector data for Myanmar

• GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 227.25 (2025)
• DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$2,100 (2025)
• Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 12.52% (2025)
• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 28.98% (2020)
• Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 28.98% (2020)
• Broad money (current LCU) — 74.68 trillion (2020)
• Broad money (% of GDP) — 69.2% (2020)
• Broad money to total reserves ratio — 7.13 (2020)
• Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) — 26.09% (2020)
• Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP)

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Questions people ask

What is Myanmar's bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%)?

16.76% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2001?

It is down 14.98 percentage points from 31.74% in 2001. The highest value was 94.72% in 2007 and the lowest 13.13% in 2014.

Is the latest change in bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) unusual for Myanmar?

In 2020, Myanmar's bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) fell 0.22 percentage points on 2019 (from 16.99% to 16.76%). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2019), the average change was −0.82 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 19.25 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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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