Bank overhead costs to total assets (%) in Australia
Australia: Bank overhead costs to total assets (%) was 1.0% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Australia, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
Australia recorded 1.0% for bank overhead costs to total assets in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank overhead costs to total assets in Australia peaked at 2.8% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2015.
That places Australia 150th out of 168 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Bank overhead costs to total assets (%) in Australia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.2% | — |
| 2001 | 2.8% | +27.2% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | -62.0% |
| 2006 | 2.6% | +145.3% |
| 2007 | 1.4% | -45.5% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | -15.3% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | -8.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9% | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | -13.6% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | +28.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -13.4% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | +11.9% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | -4.2% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.5%, 67% of the median. (63 countries reporting)
- Australia's 1.0% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.1%, 91% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bank overhead costs to total assets (%) in Australia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +145.3% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.8% | 1.1% | 2.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More financial sector data for Australia
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 11.9 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0013 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 83.74 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 6.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 61.14 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 11.9 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0013 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 83.74 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 6.56 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank overhead costs to total assets in Australia?
- Bank overhead costs to total assets in Australia was 1.0% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2001.
- What is the lowest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2015.
- How does Australia rank for bank overhead costs to total assets?
- Australia ranks 150th out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank overhead costs to total assets rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia 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.