Bank overhead costs to total assets in Jordan
Jordan: Bank overhead costs to total assets was 1.8% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Jordan, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, bank overhead costs to total assets in Jordan stood at 1.8%.
That represents a change of down 5.3% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank overhead costs to total assets in Jordan peaked at 2.3% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2001.
That places Jordan 102nd 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 22 years of available data.
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Jordan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.8% | — |
| 2001 | 1.6% | -8.8% |
| 2002 | 1.7% | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 1.7% | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 1.8% | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 1.9% | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 1.8% | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 1.8% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 1.7% | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 1.7% | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 1.7% | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 1.6% | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 1.7% | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 2.2% | +29.0% |
| 2015 | 2.3% | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 2.1% | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 2.0% | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 2.0% | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 2.0% | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 1.9% | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 1.8% | -5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 1.6% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Jordan
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 4,117 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.7699 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 3.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 82.00 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 7.47 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 11.91 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 11.92 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 19.39 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 19.33 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,678 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank overhead costs to total assets in Jordan?
- Bank overhead costs to total assets in Jordan was 1.8% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 2.3% in 2015.
- What is the lowest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2001.
- How does Jordan rank for bank overhead costs to total assets?
- Jordan ranks 102nd out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank overhead costs to total assets rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jordan 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.