Bank liquid assets as a share of short-term liabilities rose 10.9% yoy to 76.1% in China in 1Q2025, according to the National Central Bank. This is 0.773% less than in the previous quarter.
Historically, bank liquid assets as a share of short-term liabilities in China reached an all time high of 76.7% in 4Q2024 and an all time low of 46.2% in 2Q2015.
China has been ranked 10th within the group of 47 countries we follow in terms of bank liquid assets as a share of short-term liabilities, 10 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Liquid Assets (As % of Short-Term Liabilities) | Unit | Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Sep 2020 | Dec 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | Sep 2021 | Dec 2021 | Mar 2022 | Jun 2022 | Sep 2022 | Dec 2022 | Mar 2023 | Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 |
| Bangladesh | % | 40.6% | 39.0% | 40.2% | 41.2% | 42.2% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Canada | % | 50.9% | 49.6% | 46.4% | 45.7% | 48.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| China | % | 65.2% | 67.9% | 68.7% | 72.4% | 75.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33.4% | 35.7% | 34.2% | 33.7% | 33.3% | ... | ||||||||
| India | % | 70.5% | 69.4% | 70.7% | 67.1% | 70.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 49.9% | ... | 49.3% | ... | 49.3% | ... | ... | |||||||
| Mexico | % | 112% | 122% | 115% | 112% | 111% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 105% | 103% | 102% | 104% | 113% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 100% | 115% | 124% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| South Korea | % | 91.4% | 104% | 115% | 110% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | 51.3% | 51.8% | 53.4% | 45.9% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 173% | 176% | 180% | 170% | 178% | ... | ... |