Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in China
China: Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets was 14.7% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in China, 1999–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in China is 14.7%, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in China peaked at 14.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2005.
China ranks 121st of 141 countries on this measure, 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 China, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 12.8% | — |
| 2005 | 2.5% | -80.5% |
| 2006 | 4.9% | +96.0% |
| 2007 | 8.4% | +71.4% |
| 2008 | 12.0% | +42.9% |
| 2009 | 11.4% | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 12.2% | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 12.7% | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 13.3% | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 12.2% | -8.0% |
| 2014 | 13.2% | +8.1% |
| 2015 | 13.5% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 13.3% | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 13.6% | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 14.2% | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 14.6% | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 14.7% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.8% | 12.8% | 12.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 7.8% | 2.5% | 12.0% | 5 |
| 2010s | 13.3% | 12.2% | 14.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.7% | 14.7% | 14.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near China
- 118 Bhutan 15.1% compare
- 119 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 15.1% compare
- 120 Nigeria 15.1% compare
- 122 Chile 14.7% compare
- 123 Republic of Korea 14.6% compare
- 124 Macau, China 14.5% compare
More financial sector data for China
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 250,718 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 18.86 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 8.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 2.60 billion SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 236.49 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 2.45 trillion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 2.50 trillion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 2.74 trillion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 2.73 trillion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,944 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in China?
- Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in China was 14.7% 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 14.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2005.
- How does China rank for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets?
- China ranks 121st out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.