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Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets (%) by country

Reported by IMF staff. Note that due to differences in national accounting, taxation, and supervisory regimes, these data are not strictly comparable across countries.

Countries reporting
141
Highest
46.3%
Maldives
Lowest
6.0%
Chad
Median
18.6%
Years covered
23
1998–2020
Data points
2,480

What the numbers show

Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets (%) is currently reported for 141 countries. The highest value is 46.3% in Maldives; the lowest is 6.0% in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 18.6%, and the mean is 19.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 757.9%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 52.4%).

Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets (%): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Maldives 46.3% 2020 up 29.3% rising
2 Sierra Leone 34.0% 2015 down 4.8% flat
3 Solomon Islands 32.6% 2020 up 16.1% rising
4 Tonga 30.5% 2020 down 4.0% falling
5 Equatorial Guinea 29.5% 2018 up 45.8% rising
6 Samoa 29.4% 2020 up 3.3% flat
7 Central African Republic 28.4% 2020 up 72.3% rising
8 Moldova 27.1% 2020 down 10.2% falling
9 Latvia 26.8% 2020 up 92.8% rising
10 Estonia 26.5% 2020 up 20.2% rising
11 Ireland 25.5% 2020 up 76.1% rising
12 Kazakhstan 25.3% 2020 up 45.8% rising
13 Romania 25.1% 2020 up 67.4% falling
14 Congo 24.9% 2020 up 90.5% rising
15 Iceland 24.9% 2020 up 57.7% rising
16 Croatia 24.9% 2020 up 32.6% rising
17 Norway 24.8% 2020 up 74.7% rising
18 Luxembourg 24.3% 2020 up 37.8% rising
19 Yemen 24.3% 2014 up 66.4% rising
20 Burundi 24.0% 2018 up 21.8% rising
21 Indonesia 23.8% 2020 up 47.2% rising
22 Argentina 23.8% 2020 up 34.6% rising
23 Sweden 23.5% 2020 up 95.7% rising
24 Denmark 23.3% 2020 up 45.5% rising
25 Mauritania 23.1% 2015 down 39.5% falling
26 Lesotho 23.0% 2020 up 54.2% flat
27 Netherlands 22.8% 2020 up 63.7% rising
28 Bulgaria 22.7% 2020 up 30.8% falling
29 Cambodia 22.7% 2020 down 25.6% falling
30 Kyrgyzstan 22.4% 2015 down 21.4% falling
31 Lithuania 22.2% 2020 up 49.6% rising
32 Uganda 22.2% 2020 up 9.9% rising
33 Czechia 22.1% 2020 up 44.8% rising
34 Ukraine 22.0% 2020 up 5.5% flat
35 Malta 21.7% 2020 up 46.4% rising
36 United Kingdom 21.6% 2020 up 35.8% rising
37 Rwanda 21.5% 2020 down 12.9% rising
38 Malawi 21.3% 2020 up 34.7% rising
39 Serbia 20.9% 2015 down 19.6% falling
40 Brunei 20.8% 2020 down 1.4% flat
41 Hong Kong 20.7% 2020 up 30.3% rising
42 Saudi Arabia 20.3% 2020 up 15.6% falling
43 Belgium 20.3% 2020 up 5.3% rising
44 Cyprus 20.3% 2020 up 63.3% rising
45 South Sudan 20.2% 2015 up 102.0% rising
46 Zambia 20.1% 2020 down 8.9% flat
47 Botswana 20.0% 2020 down 3.8% falling
48 Finland 20.0% 2020 up 38.6% rising
49 Colombia 19.9% 2020 up 15.0% rising
50 France 19.9% 2020 up 56.8% rising
51 Ghana 19.8% 2020 up 3.6% rising
52 Poland 19.8% 2020 up 42.7% rising
53 Thailand 19.8% 2020 up 22.8% rising
54 Mauritius 19.7% 2020 up 23.2% rising
55 Switzerland 19.7% 2020 up 15.5% rising
56 Slovakia 19.7% 2020 up 54.6% rising
57 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 19.3% 2015 down 3.4% falling
58 Italy 19.3% 2020 up 59.9% rising
59 Gabon 19.2% 2020 down 22.1% falling
60 Germany 19.2% 2020 up 19.6% rising
61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.2% 2020 up 18.6% falling
62 Austria 19.2% 2020 up 24.1% rising
63 Kenya 19.2% 2020 down 8.1% rising
64 Fiji 19.1% 2020 down 1.6% flat
65 Paraguay 19.1% 2020 up 46.5% falling
66 Algeria 19.0% 2018 down 27.3% falling
67 Malaysia 18.9% 2020 up 8.1% rising
68 Turkey 18.7% 2020 down 1.2% falling
69 Bahrain 18.7% 2015 up 3.4% flat
70 Vanuatu 18.7% 2018 down 24.3% falling
71 Pakistan 18.6% 2020 up 32.8% rising
72 Uzbekistan 18.4% 2020 down 21.6% falling
73 Albania 18.3% 2020 up 19.1% falling
74 Hungary 18.3% 2020 up 31.8% rising
75 Slovenia 18.3% 2020 up 61.5% rising
76 United Arab Emirates 18.1% 2020 down 6.3% flat
77 Portugal 18.1% 2020 up 75.3% rising
78 Azerbaijan 18.1% 2015 up 2.1% rising
79 Turkmenistan 18.0% 2014 up 9.2% rising
80 Tanzania 17.9% 2020 down 1.5% rising
81 Dominican Republic 17.7% 2019 up 1.3% rising
82 Mexico 17.7% 2020 up 5.0% rising
83 Uruguay 17.7% 2020 up 24.9% rising
84 Georgia 17.6% 2020 up 1.2% falling
85 Australia 17.6% 2020 up 54.1% rising
86 Belarus 17.2% 2020 down 16.1% falling
87 Seychelles 17.1% 2020 down 20.3% rising
88 Mozambique 17.1% 2015 up 27.6% rising
89 Trinidad and Tobago 17.1% 2020 down 29.6% falling
90 Spain 17.0% 2020 up 43.1% rising
91 Eswatini 17.0% 2020 down 26.2% flat
92 Singapore 17.0% 2019 down 2.0% falling
93 Armenia 16.9% 2020 down 23.9% falling
94 Japan 16.9% 2020 up 21.7% rising
94 Kuwait 16.9% 2015 down 19.9% falling
96 Brazil 16.8% 2020 down 0.3% rising
97 Costa Rica 16.8% 2020 down 5.2% flat
98 Senegal 16.7% 2015 up 50.5% rising
99 North Macedonia 16.7% 2020 up 3.5% falling
100 Ecuador 16.7% 2019 down 15.0% rising
101 Greece 16.7% 2020 up 35.9% rising
102 South Africa 16.6% 2020 up 11.4% rising
103 Sri Lanka 16.5% 2020 up 3.0% flat
104 Philippines 16.3% 2020 down 2.1% falling
105 United States 16.3% 2020 up 10.1% rising
106 Guatemala 16.2% 2020 up 3.3% rising
107 Oman 16.2% 2015 down 12.4% falling
108 Jordan 16.1% 2019 down 17.6% falling
109 Tajikistan 16.1% 2015 down 46.9% falling
110 Canada 16.1% 2020 up 3.4% rising
111 Panama 15.7% 2020 down 1.6% flat
112 Qatar 15.6% 2015 up 0.6% flat
113 Peru 15.6% 2020 up 11.7% rising
114 India 15.6% 2020 up 2.6% rising
115 El Salvador 15.4% 2020 down 14.2% rising
116 Namibia 15.2% 2020 down 0.5% flat
117 Djibouti 15.2% 2020 up 37.8% rising
118 Bhutan 15.1% 2019 down 11.4% flat
119 Venezuela 15.1% 2014 down 21.3% falling
120 Nigeria 15.1% 2020 up 757.9% falling
121 China 14.7% 2020 up 20.9% rising
122 Chile 14.7% 2020 up 3.7% flat
123 South Korea 14.6% 2020 up 1.7% rising
124 Macao 14.5% 2020 up 1.0% flat
125 Honduras 14.5% 2020 down 5.0% rising
126 Israel 14.4% 2020 up 2.6% rising
127 Guinea 14.0% 2020 down 10.5% falling
128 Morocco 13.8% 2014 up 31.4% rising
129 Nepal 13.8% 2020 — flat
130 New Zealand 13.5% 2015 up 28.6% rising
131 Madagascar 13.4% 2019 down 13.1% falling
132 Egypt 13.2% 2015 down 3.6% rising
133 Bolivia 12.7% 2015 down 13.0% falling
134 Russia 12.5% 2020 down 31.1% falling
135 Grenada 12.2% 2014 down 11.3% falling
136 Tunisia 12.1% 2015 down 2.4% falling
137 Vietnam 11.8% 2019 down 1.7% falling
138 Bangladesh 11.6% 2020 up 7.5% rising
139 Cameroon 11.2% 2020 up 27.9% rising
140 Lebanon 10.5% 2019 down 23.0% falling
141 Chad 6.0% 2020 down 52.4% falling

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Indicator
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets (%)
Unit
%
Source
Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
141 places, 2,480 data points, 1998–2020
Last refreshed

Reported by IMF staff. Note that due to differences in national accounting, taxation, and supervisory regimes, these data are not strictly comparable across countries.