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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Zimbabwe's bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) rose 0.76 percentage points on 2022 (from 33.86% to 34.62%).

Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2022), the average change was +1.38 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 15.52 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below 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 25.06 percentage points in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 28.73 percentage points in 2019. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% 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 Zimbabwe in the 2023 ranking

• Nigeria — 1st of 7: 54.88%
• Tajikistan — 2nd of 7: 53.3%
• Barbados — 3rd of 7: 37.59%
• Congo, Rep. — 5th of 7: 26.35%
• Equatorial Guinea — 6th of 7: 24.7%
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 7th of 7: 12.8%

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 15 values

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 Zimbabwe

• GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 2,193 (2025)
• DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$31.8 (2025)
• Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 83.12% (2025)
• Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$26.6 (2025)
• Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 1.55 billion (2023)
• Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 5.59 billion (2023)
• Broad money (current LCU) — 7.57 billion (2023)
• Broad money (% of GDP) — 11.2% (2023)
• Broad money to total reserves ratio — 34.79 (2023)
• Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP)

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Questions people ask

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

34.62% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2009?

It is up 18.74 percentage points from 15.87% in 2009. The highest value was 86.81% in 2018 and the lowest 9.27% in 2013.

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

In 2023, Zimbabwe's bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) rose 0.76 percentage points on 2022 (from 33.86% to 34.62%). Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2022), the average change was +1.38 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 15.52 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below 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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