Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Cyprus
Cyprus: Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets was 20.3% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Cyprus, 2008–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 20.3% for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in 2020. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 63.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Cyprus peaked at 20.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7.3%, in 2012.
That places Cyprus 44th out of 141 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 11.0% | — |
| 2009 | 12.1% | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 12.4% | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 12.1% | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 7.3% | -39.4% |
| 2013 | 14.0% | +91.1% |
| 2014 | 15.4% | +9.5% |
| 2015 | 16.5% | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 16.8% | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 16.3% | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 17.3% | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 19.6% | +12.9% |
| 2020 | 20.3% | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.6% | 11.0% | 12.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 14.8% | 7.3% | 19.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.3% | 20.3% | 20.3% | 1 |
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- 46 Zambia 20.1% compare
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More financial sector data for Cyprus
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 18,337 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.6618 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate -0.4317 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 15.61 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 1.42 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 216.14 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 729.85 million SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 2.15 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 2.13 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,557 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Cyprus?
- Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Cyprus was 20.3% 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 Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 20.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.3% in 2012.
- How does Cyprus rank for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets?
- Cyprus ranks 44th out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cyprus 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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About this data
Reported by IMF staff. Note that due to differences in national accounting, taxation, and supervisory regimes, these data are not strictly comparable across countries.