Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Argentina
Argentina: Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets was 23.8% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Argentina, 1998–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 23.8% for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in 2020. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 36.0% on the previous year and up 34.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Argentina peaked at 23.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 10.6%, in 2000.
Argentina ranks 22nd of 141 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Argentina, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 20.4% | — |
| 1999 | 20.8% | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 10.6% | -49.0% |
| 2003 | 14.5% | +36.8% |
| 2004 | 14.0% | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 15.3% | +9.3% |
| 2006 | 16.9% | +10.5% |
| 2007 | 16.9% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 16.9% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 18.8% | +11.2% |
| 2010 | 17.7% | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 15.6% | -11.6% |
| 2012 | 17.1% | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 13.6% | -20.5% |
| 2014 | 14.7% | +7.8% |
| 2015 | 13.3% | -9.5% |
| 2016 | 16.7% | +25.4% |
| 2017 | 15.6% | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 16.0% | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 17.5% | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 23.8% | +36.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.6% | 20.4% | 20.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 15.5% | 10.6% | 18.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 15.8% | 13.3% | 17.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.8% | 23.8% | 23.8% | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Argentina?
- Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Argentina was 23.8% in 2020, according to Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 23.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.6% in 2000.
- How does Argentina rank for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets?
- Argentina ranks 22nd out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina data come from?
- The figures come from Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Reported by IMF staff. Note that due to differences in national accounting, taxation, and supervisory regimes, these data are not strictly comparable across countries.