Bank overhead costs to total assets in Mauritania
Mauritania: Bank overhead costs to total assets was 2.6% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Mauritania, 2001–2020
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, bank overhead costs to total assets in Mauritania stood at 2.6%. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is down 16.6% on the previous year and down 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank overhead costs to total assets in Mauritania peaked at 5.7% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2020.
That places Mauritania 65th out of 168 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4.8% | — |
| 2002 | 5.0% | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 5.7% | +13.3% |
| 2004 | 5.6% | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 4.1% | -25.6% |
| 2006 | 4.2% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 4.8% | +15.2% |
| 2008 | 2.8% | -41.7% |
| 2009 | 4.5% | +58.7% |
| 2010 | 3.8% | -13.8% |
| 2011 | 4.1% | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 3.5% | -14.9% |
| 2013 | 3.9% | +12.0% |
| 2014 | 3.5% | -10.8% |
| 2015 | 3.4% | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 3.7% | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 3.3% | -10.8% |
| 2018 | 3.6% | +8.7% |
| 2019 | 3.2% | -11.3% |
| 2020 | 2.6% | -16.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.6% | 2.8% | 5.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 3.2% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Mauritania
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate 40.49 % change on previous year (2021)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 307.62 SDR per person (2021)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 16.77 % change on previous year (2021)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2021)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 40.99 % change on previous year (2021)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.1553 SDR per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 302.45 SDR per person (2021)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 40.49 % change on previous year (2021)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 307.62 SDR per person (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank overhead costs to total assets in Mauritania?
- Bank overhead costs to total assets in Mauritania was 2.6% in 2020, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 5.7% in 2003.
- What is the lowest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2020.
- How does Mauritania rank for bank overhead costs to total assets?
- Mauritania ranks 65th out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank overhead costs to total assets rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania 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.