Bank overhead costs to total assets in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Bank overhead costs to total assets was 2.7% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Afghanistan, 2007–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 2.7% for bank overhead costs to total assets in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of down 13.3% on the previous year and down 40.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank overhead costs to total assets in Afghanistan peaked at 7.6% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 2021.
Afghanistan ranks 62nd of 168 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 7.6% | — |
| 2008 | 5.5% | -27.9% |
| 2009 | 6.0% | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 3.5% | -42.4% |
| 2011 | 4.5% | +30.1% |
| 2012 | 4.2% | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 3.8% | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 3.6% | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 3.0% | -15.9% |
| 2016 | 3.2% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 3.2% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | -14.9% |
| 2019 | 3.0% | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 3.1% | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 2.7% | -13.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.4% | 5.5% | 7.6% | 3 |
| 2010s | 3.5% | 2.7% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.9% | 2.7% | 3.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More financial sector data for Afghanistan
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita -2,032 current LCU per person (2020)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP -3.98 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate -8.19 % change on previous year (2020)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 24.61 million SDR (2020)
- Gold reserves at market value 923.06 million SDR (2020)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 5.81 billion SDR (2020)
- Reserves excluding gold 5.85 billion SDR (2020)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 6.77 billion SDR (2020)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 6.76 billion SDR (2020)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 173.12 SDR per person (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank overhead costs to total assets in Afghanistan?
- Bank overhead costs to total assets in Afghanistan was 2.7% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 7.6% in 2007.
- What is the lowest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 2021.
- How does Afghanistan rank for bank overhead costs to total assets?
- Afghanistan ranks 62nd out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank overhead costs to total assets rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD), published as part of Bank overhead costs to total assets (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Raw data are from Bankscope. Data2090[t] / ((data2025[t] + data2025[t-1])/2). Numerator and denominator are first aggregated on the country level before division. Note that banks used in the calculation might differ between indicators. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope.