Bank capital to total assets in Greece
Greece: Bank capital to total assets was 8.8% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank capital to total assets in Greece, 1999–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, bank capital to total assets in Greece stood at 8.8%.
That represents a change of down 19.5% on the previous year and up 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank capital to total assets in Greece peaked at 12.0% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 5.3%, in 2004.
Greece ranks 92nd of 139 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Bank capital to total assets in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 10.1% | — |
| 2000 | 8.9% | -11.9% |
| 2001 | 8.5% | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 6.9% | -18.8% |
| 2003 | 6.9% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5.3% | -23.2% |
| 2005 | 6.2% | +17.0% |
| 2006 | 7.0% | +12.9% |
| 2007 | 6.8% | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 6.4% | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 7.0% | +9.4% |
| 2010 | 6.7% | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 5.7% | -14.0% |
| 2012 | 5.8% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 7.5% | +31.1% |
| 2014 | 8.1% | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 10.0% | +24.0% |
| 2016 | 10.7% | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 12.0% | +12.1% |
| 2018 | 10.7% | -10.7% |
| 2019 | 11.0% | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 8.8% | -19.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.1% | 10.1% | 10.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 7.0% | 5.3% | 8.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.8% | 5.7% | 12.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.8% | 8.8% | 8.8% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Greece
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 17,171 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.6973 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 2.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 129.08 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 11.76 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 3.02 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 5.80 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 17.56 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 17.41 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,672 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank capital to total assets in Greece?
- Bank capital to total assets in Greece was 8.8% in 2020, according to Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank capital to total assets recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 12.0% in 2017.
- What is the lowest bank capital to total assets recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.3% in 2004.
- How does Greece rank for bank capital to total assets?
- Greece ranks 92nd out of 139 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank capital to total assets rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Bank capital to total assets (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of bank capital and reserves to total assets. Capital and reserves include funds contributed by owners, retained earnings, general and special reserves, provisions, and valuation adjustments. Capital includes tier 1 capital (paid-up shares and common stock), which is a common feature in all countries' banking systems, and total regulatory capital, which includes several specified types of subordinated debt instruments that need not be repaid if the funds are required to maintain minimum capital levels (these comprise tier 2 and tier 3 capital). Total assets include all nonfinancial and financial assets. Reported by IMF staff. Note that due to differences in national accounting, taxation, and supervisory regimes, these data are not strictly comparable across countries.