Bank overhead costs to total assets in Curacao
Curacao: Bank overhead costs to total assets was 3.3% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Curacao, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, bank overhead costs to total assets in Curacao stood at 3.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank overhead costs to total assets in Curacao peaked at 4.4% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2000.
That places Curacao 45th out of 168 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Curacao, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.2% | — |
| 2003 | 3.4% | +187.3% |
| 2004 | 2.7% | -21.7% |
| 2005 | 3.4% | +25.5% |
| 2006 | 3.5% | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 3.2% | -9.0% |
| 2008 | 4.2% | +34.1% |
| 2009 | 3.9% | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 4.4% | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 4.3% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 3.7% | -13.8% |
| 2013 | 2.6% | -31.1% |
| 2014 | 2.3% | -10.2% |
| 2015 | 4.0% | +73.1% |
| 2016 | 4.0% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 4.1% | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 3.9% | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 4.0% | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 3.3% | -16.8% |
| 2021 | 3.3% | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.2% | 1.2% | 4.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 3.7% | 2.3% | 4.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Curacao
- Official exchange rate 1.79 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration 470 (2025)
- Net migration, annual growth rate -8.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP deflator: linked series 133.65 base year varies by country (2024)
- Inflation, GDP deflator: linked series 3.3% (2024)
- GDP deflator: linked series (base year varies by country), annual 3.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Reserve assets 1.32 billion US dollar (2021)
- Banking crisis dummy 0 1=banking crisis, 0=none (2017)
- Total assets, Adjusted using IMF accounting records 7.43 billion US dollar (2021)
- Consumer price index 115.53 2010 = 100 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank overhead costs to total assets in Curacao?
- Bank overhead costs to total assets in Curacao was 3.3% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 4.4% in 2010.
- What is the lowest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2000.
- How does Curacao rank for bank overhead costs to total assets?
- Curacao ranks 45th out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank overhead costs to total assets rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Curacao 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.