Bank overhead costs to total assets (%) in Lesotho
Lesotho: Bank overhead costs to total assets (%) was 4.3% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Lesotho, 2001–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 4.3% for bank overhead costs to total assets in 2021.
That represents a change of down 34.3% on the previous year and down 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank overhead costs to total assets in Lesotho peaked at 7.5% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 3.8%, in 2001.
Lesotho ranks 28th of 168 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Bank overhead costs to total assets (%) in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3.8% | — |
| 2002 | 7.1% | +84.2% |
| 2003 | 7.0% | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 5.6% | -20.3% |
| 2009 | 5.5% | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 5.0% | -8.8% |
| 2011 | 4.9% | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 6.0% | +23.5% |
| 2013 | 5.6% | -7.1% |
| 2014 | 5.2% | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 5.1% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 6.9% | +35.4% |
| 2017 | 7.5% | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 6.2% | -16.5% |
| 2019 | 6.9% | +10.7% |
| 2020 | 6.5% | -5.5% |
| 2021 | 4.3% | -34.3% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 4.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2.9%, 1.5× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 4.3% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.1%, 1.0× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bank overhead costs to total assets (%) in Lesotho changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +84.2% | 3.8% | 7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.8% | 3.8% | 7.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 5.9% | 4.9% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.4% | 4.3% | 6.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More financial sector data for Lesotho
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0069 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 7.46 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0.548 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 5.45 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0069 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 7.46 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0.548 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank overhead costs to total assets in Lesotho?
- Bank overhead costs to total assets in Lesotho was 4.3% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 7.5% in 2017.
- What is the lowest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8% in 2001.
- How does Lesotho rank for bank overhead costs to total assets?
- Lesotho ranks 28th out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank overhead costs to total assets rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 17 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.