Bank overhead costs to total assets in Malaysia
Malaysia: Bank overhead costs to total assets was 1.2% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Malaysia, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 1.2% for bank overhead costs to total assets in 2021.
That represents a change of down 9.4% on the previous year and down 46.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank overhead costs to total assets in Malaysia peaked at 2.2% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2004.
That places Malaysia 139th out of 168 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.0% | — |
| 2001 | 1.1% | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 0.9% | -15.7% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | -13.1% |
| 2005 | 1.0% | +25.6% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | -18.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9% | +12.9% |
| 2008 | 1.3% | +33.8% |
| 2009 | 1.6% | +28.2% |
| 2010 | 1.4% | -14.8% |
| 2011 | 2.2% | +59.8% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | -38.8% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | -13.8% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.2% | +12.0% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 1.2% | -9.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 1.1% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Malaysia
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate -6.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 1.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.1746 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 2,292 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 2,439 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 2.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 2,550 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank overhead costs to total assets in Malaysia?
- Bank overhead costs to total assets in Malaysia was 1.2% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2% in 2011.
- What is the lowest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2004.
- How does Malaysia rank for bank overhead costs to total assets?
- Malaysia ranks 139th out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank overhead costs to total assets rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.