Bank overhead costs to total assets in Uganda
Uganda: Bank overhead costs to total assets was 5.1% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Uganda, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, bank overhead costs to total assets in Uganda stood at 5.1%. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 23.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank overhead costs to total assets in Uganda peaked at 8.3% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 5.1%, in 2021.
Uganda ranks 16th of 168 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Uganda, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.8% | — |
| 2001 | 6.3% | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 5.5% | -11.7% |
| 2003 | 6.5% | +18.4% |
| 2004 | 7.4% | +13.7% |
| 2005 | 7.0% | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 6.9% | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 7.4% | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 7.5% | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 8.3% | +10.3% |
| 2010 | 6.8% | -18.0% |
| 2011 | 6.7% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 6.7% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 7.0% | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 6.2% | -10.8% |
| 2015 | 6.2% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 6.2% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 6.7% | +8.6% |
| 2018 | 6.6% | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 7.1% | +8.5% |
| 2020 | 5.1% | -28.3% |
| 2021 | 5.1% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.0% | 5.5% | 8.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.6% | 6.2% | 7.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.1% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 13 Tajikistan 5.5% compare
- 14 Dominican Republic 5.5% compare
- 15 Chad 5.5% compare
- 17 Tanzania 5.1% compare
- 18 Kyrgyzstan 5.0% compare
- 19 Ghana 4.8% compare
More financial sector data for Uganda
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 977,433 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 810.27 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 4.35 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 0 SDR (2024)
- Gold reserves at market value 0 SDR (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 2.53 billion SDR (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold 2.67 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 2.67 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 2.67 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 53.4 SDR per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank overhead costs to total assets in Uganda?
- Bank overhead costs to total assets in Uganda was 5.1% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 8.3% in 2009.
- What is the lowest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.1% in 2021.
- How does Uganda rank for bank overhead costs to total assets?
- Uganda ranks 16th out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank overhead costs to total assets rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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.