Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Belarus
Belarus: Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets was 17.2% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Belarus, 2000–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Belarus recorded 17.2% for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.7% on the previous year and down 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Belarus peaked at 26.0% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 15.5%, in 2013.
That places Belarus 86th out of 141 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Belarus, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 24.4% | — |
| 2001 | 20.7% | -15.2% |
| 2002 | 24.2% | +16.9% |
| 2003 | 26.0% | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 25.2% | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 22.7% | -9.9% |
| 2006 | 24.4% | +7.5% |
| 2007 | 19.3% | -20.9% |
| 2008 | 21.8% | +13.0% |
| 2009 | 19.8% | -9.2% |
| 2010 | 20.5% | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 24.7% | +20.8% |
| 2012 | 20.8% | -15.8% |
| 2013 | 15.5% | -25.5% |
| 2014 | 17.4% | +12.1% |
| 2015 | 18.7% | +7.8% |
| 2016 | 18.6% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 18.5% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 17.7% | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 17.8% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 17.2% | -3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.9% | 19.3% | 26.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.0% | 15.5% | 24.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.2% | 17.2% | 17.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
- 83 Uruguay 17.7% compare
- 84 Georgia 17.6% compare
- 85 Australia 17.6% compare
- 87 Seychelles 17.1% compare
- 88 Mozambique 17.1% compare
- 89 Trinidad and Tobago 17.1% compare
More financial sector data for Belarus
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 6,475 current LCU per person (2021)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.8645 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 7.44 % change on previous year (2021)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 60.68 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 5.53 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 4.05 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 5.07 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 10.60 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 10.53 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,159 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Belarus?
- Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Belarus was 17.2% 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 Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 26.0% in 2003.
- What is the lowest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.5% in 2013.
- How does Belarus rank for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets?
- Belarus ranks 86th out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belarus 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.