Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets was 11.6% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Bangladesh, 1998–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 11.6% for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in 2020. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Bangladesh peaked at 11.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6.7%, in 2000.
That places Bangladesh 138th out of 141 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 7.3% | — |
| 1999 | 7.4% | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 6.7% | -9.5% |
| 2001 | 6.7% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 7.5% | +11.9% |
| 2003 | 8.4% | +12.0% |
| 2004 | 6.9% | -17.9% |
| 2011 | 10.8% | +57.0% |
| 2012 | 9.5% | -12.7% |
| 2013 | 10.8% | +14.3% |
| 2014 | 11.3% | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 10.6% | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 11.1% | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 10.7% | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 10.5% | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 11.6% | +10.1% |
| 2020 | 11.6% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.3% | 7.3% | 7.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 7.2% | 6.7% | 8.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 10.8% | 9.5% | 11.6% | 9 |
| 2020s | 11.6% | 11.6% | 11.6% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Bangladesh
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 1.05 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0.0537 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 0.7636 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 1.05 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0.0537 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Bangladesh?
- Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Bangladesh was 11.6% 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 Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 11.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.7% in 2000.
- How does Bangladesh rank for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets?
- Bangladesh ranks 138th out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.