Bank overhead costs to total assets in Bahrain
Bahrain: Bank overhead costs to total assets was 1.3% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Bahrain, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, bank overhead costs to total assets in Bahrain stood at 1.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank overhead costs to total assets in Bahrain peaked at 1.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2007.
That places Bahrain 130th out of 168 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.1% | — |
| 2001 | 1.2% | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | -8.4% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | -8.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9% | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 1.0% | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | +29.3% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | -9.8% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 1.3% | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 1.4% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 1.4% | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 1.4% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | -6.6% |
| 2021 | 1.3% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Bahrain
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 7,763 current LCU per person (2015)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.3271 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 11.22 % change on previous year (2015)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 5.25 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 478.40 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 2.78 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 3.37 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 3.85 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 3.84 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 2,402 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank overhead costs to total assets in Bahrain?
- Bank overhead costs to total assets in Bahrain was 1.3% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2007.
- How does Bahrain rank for bank overhead costs to total assets?
- Bahrain ranks 130th out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank overhead costs to total assets rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahrain 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.