Brazil vs Portugal: Bank Z-score

Brazil
16.35
in 2021
Portugal
16.09
in 2021
Brazil rank
77th
Portugal rank
78th

Bank Z-score over time

  • Brazil
  • Portugal
05101520200020102021

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 16.35 against 16.09 in Portugal, a difference of 0.26.

Across all 22 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 77th and Portugal ranks 78th of 170 countries.

Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Portugal Difference Ahead
2000s 16.96 11.06 5.9 Brazil
2010s 15.82 12.28 3.55 Brazil
2020s 16.04 15.82 0.2142 Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher bank z-score, Brazil or Portugal?
Brazil, at 16.35 against 16.09 in Portugal as of 2021.
What is the difference in bank z-score between Brazil and Portugal?
0.26, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Portugal?
22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Brazil and Portugal rank globally for bank z-score?
Brazil ranks 77th and Portugal ranks 78th of 170 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD), published as Bank Z-score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Brazil vs Portugal: Bank Z-score. Statizoid, drawing on Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Retrieved 23 August 2026, from https://financial-sector.statizoid.com/compare/bank-z-score/brazil/portugal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://financial-sector.statizoid.com/compare/bank-z-score/brazil/portugal/">Brazil vs Portugal: Bank Z-score</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Bank Z-score
Source
Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
170 places, 3,302 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed

It captures the probability of default of a country's banking system. Z-score compares the buffer of a country's banking system (capitalization and returns) with the volatility of those returns. It is estimated as (ROA+(equity/assets))/sd(ROA); sd(ROA) is the standard deviation of ROA. ROA, equity, and assets are country-level aggregate figures Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope.