Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Germany
Germany: Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets was 19.2% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Germany, 1998–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Germany recorded 19.2% for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in 2020.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and up 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Germany peaked at 19.4% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 11.4%, in 1998.
Germany ranks 60th 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 Germany, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 11.4% | — |
| 1999 | 11.5% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 11.7% | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 12.0% | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 12.7% | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 12.4% | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 12.4% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 12.2% | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 12.5% | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 12.9% | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 13.6% | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 14.8% | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 16.1% | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 16.4% | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 17.9% | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 19.2% | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 18.0% | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 18.3% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 18.8% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 19.4% | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 18.9% | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 18.6% | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 19.2% | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.4% | 11.4% | 11.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 12.7% | 11.7% | 14.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.1% | 16.1% | 19.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.2% | 19.2% | 19.2% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Germany
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 72,617 current LCU per person (2023)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.33 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate -2.13 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 3.77 billion SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 343.54 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 27.33 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 74.28 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 417.82 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 413.37 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 4,951 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Germany?
- Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Germany was 19.2% 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 Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 19.4% in 2017.
- What is the lowest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.4% in 1998.
- How does Germany rank for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets?
- Germany ranks 60th out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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.