Bank overhead costs to total assets (%) in Libya
Libya: Bank overhead costs to total assets (%) was 0.3% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Libya, 2000–2020
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, bank overhead costs to total assets in Libya stood at 0.3%. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is down 73.2% on the previous year and down 73.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank overhead costs to total assets in Libya peaked at 1.6% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2020.
That places Libya 168th out of 168 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Bank overhead costs to total assets (%) in Libya, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.2% | — |
| 2001 | 0.8% | -30.6% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | +39.1% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | -60.2% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | +20.0% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | +24.5% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | -9.2% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | +113.4% |
| 2011 | 0.5% | -57.5% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | +48.7% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | -23.2% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | +84.6% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 1.6% | +59.1% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | -25.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -73.2% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 0.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.4%, 13% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Libya's 0.3% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.5%, 23% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.5% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Libya
More financial sector data for Libya
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0116 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 74.95 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0085 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 54.73 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0116 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 74.95 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank overhead costs to total assets in Libya?
- Bank overhead costs to total assets in Libya was 0.3% in 2020, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2018.
- What is the lowest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2020.
- How does Libya rank for bank overhead costs to total assets?
- Libya ranks 168th out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank overhead costs to total assets rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Libya 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.