Bank overhead costs to total assets in Lebanon
Lebanon: Bank overhead costs to total assets was 1.8% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Lebanon, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bank overhead costs to total assets in Lebanon is 1.8%, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 41.7% on the previous year and up 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank overhead costs to total assets in Lebanon peaked at 1.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2019.
Lebanon ranks 103rd of 168 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.6% | — |
| 2001 | 1.6% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 1.7% | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 1.6% | -7.6% |
| 2004 | 1.4% | -9.0% |
| 2005 | 1.4% | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 1.5% | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 1.6% | +12.0% |
| 2009 | 1.6% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | -19.0% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 1.4% | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 1.6% | +12.4% |
| 2017 | 1.4% | -15.2% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | -10.0% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | +9.7% |
| 2021 | 1.8% | +41.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
More financial sector data for Lebanon
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 26.00 million current LCU per person (2017)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 3,021 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2017)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 2.22 % change on previous year (2017)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 322.77 million SDR (2024)
- Gold reserves at market value 18.45 billion SDR (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 6.95 billion SDR (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold 7.09 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 25.54 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 25.57 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 4,404 SDR per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank overhead costs to total assets in Lebanon?
- Bank overhead costs to total assets in Lebanon was 1.8% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2019.
- How does Lebanon rank for bank overhead costs to total assets?
- Lebanon ranks 103rd out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank overhead costs to total assets rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lebanon 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.