Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in India
India: Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets was 15.6% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in India, 1998–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
India recorded 15.6% for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in 2020. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in India peaked at 15.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 11.1%, in 2000.
That places India 114th out of 141 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in India, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 11.6% | — |
| 1999 | 11.2% | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 11.1% | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 11.4% | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 12.0% | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 12.7% | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 12.9% | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 12.8% | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 12.3% | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 12.3% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 13.0% | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 14.3% | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 15.2% | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 13.1% | -14.1% |
| 2012 | 13.1% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 12.3% | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 12.5% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 12.7% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 13.0% | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 12.8% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 12.9% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 15.4% | +19.4% |
| 2020 | 15.6% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.4% | 11.2% | 11.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 12.5% | 11.1% | 14.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.3% | 12.3% | 15.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.6% | 15.6% | 15.6% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for India
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 213,661 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 79.06 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 13.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 990.63 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 90.27 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 403.72 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 420.92 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 511.19 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 502.16 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 343.04 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in India?
- Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in India was 15.6% 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 15.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.1% in 2000.
- How does India rank for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets?
- India ranks 114th out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.