Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Lithuania
Lithuania: Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets was 22.2% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Lithuania, 1998–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Lithuania stood at 22.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.5% on the previous year and up 49.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Lithuania peaked at 24.8% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 10.3%, in 2005.
That places Lithuania 31st out of 141 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 23.8% | — |
| 1999 | 17.4% | -26.9% |
| 2000 | 16.3% | -6.3% |
| 2001 | 15.7% | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 14.8% | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 13.2% | -10.8% |
| 2004 | 12.4% | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 10.3% | -16.9% |
| 2006 | 10.8% | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 10.9% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 11.6% | +6.4% |
| 2009 | 12.9% | +11.2% |
| 2010 | 14.8% | +14.9% |
| 2011 | 14.2% | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 15.7% | +9.9% |
| 2013 | 17.6% | +12.2% |
| 2014 | 21.3% | +21.2% |
| 2015 | 24.8% | +16.7% |
| 2016 | 19.4% | -22.0% |
| 2017 | 19.1% | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 18.6% | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 19.9% | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 22.2% | +11.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.6% | 17.4% | 23.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 12.9% | 10.3% | 16.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.5% | 14.2% | 24.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.2% | 22.2% | 22.2% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Lithuania
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 11,700 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.3952 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 8.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 6.54 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 596.40 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 3.87 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 4.56 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 5.15 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 5.15 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,782 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Lithuania?
- Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Lithuania was 22.2% 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 24.8% in 2015.
- What is the lowest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3% in 2005.
- How does Lithuania rank for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets?
- Lithuania ranks 31st out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.