OECD members: Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 1.49 percentage points from 9.83% in 2019. Since 2015 it is down 2.37 percentage points from 10.72% in 2015.

What the numbers say

In 2024, OECD members' bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) fell 8.21 percentage points on 2023 (from 16.56% to 8.34%).

Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2016 to 2023), the average change was +0.73 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.15 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.17 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.21 percentage points in 2024. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 18% 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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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 10 values

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

• Afghanistan — 86.89% (2020)
• Algeria — 20.1% (2025)
• Djibouti — 15.33% (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 14.37% (2025)
• Iraq — 53.76% (2024)
• Israel — 21.96% (2025)
• Jordan — 22.56% (2025)
• Kuwait — 6.06% (2025)
• Libya — 315.45% (2025)
• Morocco — 3.5% (2025)

More financial sector data for OECD members

• Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 2.84% (2025)
• Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 3.14% (2025)
• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 70.22% (2024)
• Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 69.97% (2024)
• Broad money (% of GDP) — 113.13% (2024)
• Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) — 43.65% (2024)
• Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (current US$) — US$95.24 trillion (2025)
• Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) — 168.8% (2025)
• Listed domestic companies, total

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Questions people ask

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

8.34% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2015?

It is down 2.37 percentage points from 10.72% in 2015. The highest value was 17.75% in 2021 and the lowest 8.34% in 2024.

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

In 2024, OECD members' bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) fell 8.21 percentage points on 2023 (from 16.56% to 8.34%). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2016 to 2023), the average change was +0.73 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.15 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

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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