Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Latvia
Latvia: Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets was 26.8% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Latvia, 1998–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 26.8% for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in 2020. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 23.7% on the previous year and up 92.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Latvia peaked at 26.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 10.1%, in 2005.
That places Latvia 9th out of 141 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Latvia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 17.0% | — |
| 1999 | 16.4% | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 14.0% | -14.6% |
| 2001 | 14.2% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 13.1% | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 11.7% | -10.7% |
| 2004 | 11.7% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10.1% | -13.7% |
| 2006 | 10.2% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 11.1% | +8.8% |
| 2008 | 11.0% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 13.7% | +24.5% |
| 2010 | 13.9% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 16.5% | +18.8% |
| 2012 | 16.7% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 18.1% | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 19.7% | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 21.8% | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 20.4% | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 20.8% | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 22.3% | +7.1% |
| 2019 | 21.7% | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 26.8% | +23.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.7% | 16.4% | 17.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 12.1% | 10.1% | 14.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.2% | 13.9% | 22.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.8% | 26.8% | 26.8% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
- 6 Samoa 29.4% compare
- 7 Central African Republic 28.4% compare
- 8 Republic of Moldova 27.1% compare
- 10 Estonia 26.5% compare
- 11 Ireland 25.5% compare
- 12 Kazakhstan 25.3% compare
More financial sector data for Latvia
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 68.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0016 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 43.27 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 60.46 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 31.6 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 68.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0016 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 43.27 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 60.46 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Latvia?
- Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Latvia was 26.8% 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 Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 26.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.1% in 2005.
- How does Latvia rank for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets?
- Latvia ranks 9th out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 92.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia 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.