What Banking Markets Are Most Liquid?

Bank Liquid Assets To Short-term Liabilities (%), 2024 or latest
Banking | August 10, 2025
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Based on a comparison of 117 countries in 2024, Dominican Republic ranked the highest in bank liquid assets as a share of short-term liabilities with 320% followed by Moldova and Brazil. On the other end of the scale was Botswana with 15.3%, Norway with 15.3% and Paraguay with 17.2%.

Data for more countries are available at Bank Liquid Assets (As % of Short-Term Liabilities) indicator page.

Bank Liquid Assets (As % of Short-Term Liabilities) Unit 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Algeria % ... ... ... ... ... 47.4% 44.2% 37.1% 102% 109%
Belarus % ... ... ... ... ... ... 168% 156% 123% 142% 181%
Brazil % ... 268% 261% 309% 200% 195%
Cameroon % ... ... ... ... ... ... 162% 164% 182% 189% 188% ...
Central African Republic % ... ... ... ... ... ... 199% 166% 199% 162% 152% ...
Chad % ... ... ... ... ... ... 118% 124% 122% 115% 103% ...
Congo (ROC) % ... ... ... ... ... ... 176% 152% 174% 176% 174% ...
Dominican Republic % ... ... ... ... 270% 260% 235% 329% 272%
Equatorial Guinea % ... ... ... ... ... ... 170% 121% 131% 130% 152% ...
Gabon % ... ... ... ... ... ... 170% 140% 167% 181% 198% ...
Hong Kong % ... ... ... ... 188% 176% 180% 165% 164%
Italy % ... ... ... ... ... ... 76.1% 74.8% 97.7% 96.9% 86.7%
Moldova % ... ... ... ... ... 181% 207% 242% 251% 300%
Russia % ... ... ... ... 166% 181% 119% 133% 103% ...
USA % ... ... ... ... ... 203% 207% 363% 436% 248% ...