Bank overhead costs to total assets (%) in Pakistan
Pakistan: Bank overhead costs to total assets (%) was 1.9% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Pakistan, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 1.9% for bank overhead costs to total assets in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.7% on the previous year and down 30.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank overhead costs to total assets in Pakistan peaked at 4.7% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1.9%, in 2021.
Pakistan ranks 94th 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 Pakistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.5% | — |
| 2001 | 2.5% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2.5% | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 2.7% | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 2.5% | -9.4% |
| 2005 | 2.5% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 2.6% | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 2.8% | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 3.6% | +29.1% |
| 2009 | 3.5% | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 2.9% | -17.1% |
| 2011 | 2.8% | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 4.7% | +69.6% |
| 2013 | 2.5% | -46.9% |
| 2014 | 2.7% | +10.5% |
| 2015 | 2.4% | -10.9% |
| 2016 | 2.4% | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 2.2% | -7.8% |
| 2018 | 2.0% | -9.8% |
| 2019 | 2.2% | +13.8% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 1.9% | -12.7% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 1.9% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2.9%, 66% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 1.9% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.5%, 1.3× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bank overhead costs to total assets (%) in Pakistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +69.6% | 2.8% | 4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.8% | 2.5% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.7% | 2.0% | 4.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 91 Kazakhstan 2.0% compare
- 92 Cape Verde 2.0% compare
- 93 Philippines 2.0% compare
- 95 Burkina Faso 1.9% compare
- 96 Sri Lanka 1.9% compare
- 97 Poland 1.9% compare
More financial sector data for Pakistan
- 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 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 0.0006 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 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 0.0005 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 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 0.0006 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 Pakistan?
- Bank overhead costs to total assets in Pakistan was 1.9% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 4.7% in 2012.
- What is the lowest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.9% in 2021.
- How does Pakistan rank for bank overhead costs to total assets?
- Pakistan ranks 94th out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank overhead costs to total assets rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.