Bank overhead costs to total assets in Qatar
Qatar: Bank overhead costs to total assets was 0.7% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Qatar, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, bank overhead costs to total assets in Qatar stood at 0.7%. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 30.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank overhead costs to total assets in Qatar peaked at 1.6% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2021.
That places Qatar 163rd out of 168 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Qatar, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.2% | — |
| 2001 | 1.3% | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 1.3% | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 1.3% | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 1.2% | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 1.6% | +26.6% |
| 2006 | 1.4% | -12.7% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | -10.5% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 1.0% | -13.4% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | -6.9% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | +14.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | -8.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | +31.9% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -19.1% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | -13.2% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -12.3% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Qatar
More financial sector data for Qatar
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 517,098 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 7.13 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 6.58 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 129.63 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 11.81 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 27.78 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 28.97 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 40.78 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 40.70 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 13,694 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank overhead costs to total assets in Qatar?
- Bank overhead costs to total assets in Qatar was 0.7% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2005.
- What is the lowest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2021.
- How does Qatar rank for bank overhead costs to total assets?
- Qatar ranks 163rd out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank overhead costs to total assets rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Qatar 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.