Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Guinea
Guinea: Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets was 14.0% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Guinea, 2013–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 14.0% for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is down 9.0% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Guinea ranks 127th of 141 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 15.7% | — |
| 2014 | 18.3% | +17.0% |
| 2015 | 16.5% | -10.2% |
| 2016 | 17.9% | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 16.8% | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 15.2% | -9.5% |
| 2019 | 15.4% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 14.0% | -9.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 16.5% | 15.2% | 18.3% | 7 |
| 2020s | 14.0% | 14.0% | 14.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
- 124 Macau, China 14.5% compare
- 125 Honduras 14.5% compare
- 126 Israel 14.4% compare
- 128 Morocco 13.8%
- 129 Nepal 13.8% compare
- 130 New Zealand 13.5%
More financial sector data for Guinea
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 5.16 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 2,750 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 28.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 7.08 million SDR (2024)
- Gold reserves at market value 404.80 million SDR (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 598.31 million SDR (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold 626.99 million SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 1.03 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 864.44 million SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 58.59 SDR per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Guinea?
- Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Guinea was 14.0% 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 Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 18.3% in 2014.
- What is the lowest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.0% in 2020.
- How does Guinea rank for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets?
- Guinea ranks 127th out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea 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.