Bank overhead costs to total assets in Egypt
Egypt: Bank overhead costs to total assets was 1.5% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Egypt, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, bank overhead costs to total assets in Egypt stood at 1.5%.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank overhead costs to total assets in Egypt peaked at 2.2% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2003.
Egypt ranks 121st of 168 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 overhead costs to total assets in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.6% | — |
| 2001 | 1.3% | -18.0% |
| 2002 | 1.2% | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 1.2% | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 1.5% | +27.1% |
| 2005 | 1.5% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 1.4% | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | +58.7% |
| 2008 | 1.5% | -32.4% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 1.6% | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 1.8% | +11.0% |
| 2013 | 1.9% | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 1.7% | -10.4% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 1.3% | -22.2% |
| 2017 | 1.2% | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 1.3% | +10.2% |
| 2019 | 1.7% | +33.5% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | -14.6% |
| 2021 | 1.5% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.5% | 1.2% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.2% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Egypt
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 154,531 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 50.08 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 18.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 145.56 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 13.26 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 22.11 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 22.42 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 35.69 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 35.69 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 301.51 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank overhead costs to total assets in Egypt?
- Bank overhead costs to total assets in Egypt was 1.5% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2% in 2007.
- What is the lowest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2003.
- How does Egypt rank for bank overhead costs to total assets?
- Egypt ranks 121st out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank overhead costs to total assets rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.