South Korea: Liquid assets to deposits

South Korea: Bank liquid assets to deposits and short-term funding

: For that indicator, we provide data for South Korea from 1996 to 2017. The average value for South Korea during that period was 13.03 percent with a minimum of 6.55 percent in 2002 and a maximum of 37.74 percent in 2006. The latest value from 2017 is 9.79 percent. For comparison, the world average in 2017 based on 181 countries is 32.02 percent. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: The ratio of the value of liquid assets (easily converted to cash) to short-term funding plus total deposits. Liquid assets include cash and due from banks, trading securities and at fair value through income, loans and advances to banks, reverse repos and cash collaterals. Deposits and short term funding includes total customer deposits (current, savings and term) and short term borrowing (money market instruments, CDs and other deposits).