Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Australia
Australia: Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets was 17.6% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Australia, 1998–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Australia recorded 17.6% for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in 2020. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 11.9% on the previous year and up 54.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Australia peaked at 17.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 9.6%, in 2002.
Australia ranks 85th of 141 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Australia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 10.3% | — |
| 1999 | 10.1% | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 9.8% | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 10.4% | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 9.6% | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 10.0% | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 10.5% | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 10.2% | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 10.3% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 10.1% | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 11.3% | +11.9% |
| 2009 | 12.0% | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 11.4% | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 11.6% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 11.9% | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 11.6% | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 12.2% | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 13.8% | +13.0% |
| 2016 | 13.7% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 14.6% | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 14.8% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 15.7% | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 17.6% | +11.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.2% | 10.1% | 10.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.4% | 9.6% | 12.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.1% | 11.4% | 15.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.6% | 17.6% | 17.6% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Australia
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 215,929 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 3.32 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 3.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 84.28 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 7.68 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 32.83 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 45.36 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 53.04 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 53.03 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,921 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Australia?
- Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Australia was 17.6% 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 Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 17.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.6% in 2002.
- How does Australia rank for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets?
- Australia ranks 85th out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.