Bank overhead costs to total assets in Romania
Romania: Bank overhead costs to total assets was 2.1% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Romania, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
Romania recorded 2.1% 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 9.8% on the previous year and down 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank overhead costs to total assets in Romania peaked at 6.1% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 2021.
Romania ranks 87th 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 Romania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.1% | — |
| 2001 | 5.6% | -8.6% |
| 2002 | 5.9% | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 6.1% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 5.5% | -9.2% |
| 2005 | 4.5% | -19.1% |
| 2006 | 4.7% | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 3.8% | -18.1% |
| 2008 | 3.4% | -10.2% |
| 2009 | 3.4% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 2.9% | -15.6% |
| 2011 | 3.0% | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 3.1% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 3.1% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 2.8% | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 3.1% | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 3.1% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | +14.0% |
| 2020 | 2.3% | -23.7% |
| 2021 | 2.1% | -9.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.9% | 3.4% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.0% | 2.7% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Romania
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 11.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 12.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.1232 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 2,777 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 2,921 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 17.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 3,480 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank overhead costs to total assets in Romania?
- Bank overhead costs to total assets in Romania was 2.1% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 6.1% in 2000.
- What is the lowest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 2021.
- How does Romania rank for bank overhead costs to total assets?
- Romania ranks 87th out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank overhead costs to total assets rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania 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.