Bank overhead costs to total assets in Rwanda
Rwanda: Bank overhead costs to total assets was 4.3% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Rwanda, 2002–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, bank overhead costs to total assets in Rwanda stood at 4.3%. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 48.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank overhead costs to total assets in Rwanda peaked at 9.2% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 4.3%, in 2021.
That places Rwanda 26th out of 168 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 6.1% | — |
| 2003 | 6.9% | +13.5% |
| 2004 | 7.3% | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 8.2% | +12.0% |
| 2006 | 6.8% | -16.8% |
| 2007 | 8.8% | +28.6% |
| 2008 | 8.8% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 9.2% | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 8.1% | -12.4% |
| 2011 | 8.5% | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 8.4% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 7.4% | -11.8% |
| 2014 | 7.2% | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 6.5% | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 6.4% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 6.5% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 6.0% | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 6.2% | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 4.4% | -30.1% |
| 2021 | 4.3% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.8% | 6.1% | 9.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 7.1% | 6.0% | 8.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.4% | 4.3% | 4.4% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Rwanda
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 401,388 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 357.19 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 31.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 0 SDR (2004)
- Gold reserves at market value 0 SDR (2004)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 1.40 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 1.43 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 1.43 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 1.43 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 98.37 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank overhead costs to total assets in Rwanda?
- Bank overhead costs to total assets in Rwanda was 4.3% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 9.2% in 2009.
- What is the lowest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.3% in 2021.
- How does Rwanda rank for bank overhead costs to total assets?
- Rwanda ranks 26th out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank overhead costs to total assets rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.