Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Malawi
Malawi: Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets was 21.3% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Malawi, 2015–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 21.3% for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in 2020. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 34.7% over ten years.
Malawi ranks 38th of 141 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 15.8% | — |
| 2016 | 16.8% | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 19.4% | +15.1% |
| 2018 | 18.8% | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 21.0% | +11.5% |
| 2020 | 21.3% | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18.4% | 15.8% | 21.0% | 5 |
| 2020s | 21.3% | 21.3% | 21.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 35 Malta 21.7% compare
- 36 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 21.6% compare
- 37 Rwanda 21.5% compare
- 39 Serbia 20.9%
- 40 Brunei Darussalam 20.8% compare
- 41 Hong Kong, China 20.7% compare
More financial sector data for Malawi
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 362,247 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 693.47 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 40.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 449,295 SDR (2014)
- Gold reserves at market value 10.69 million SDR (2014)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 405.92 million SDR (2020)
- Reserves excluding gold 412.77 million SDR (2020)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 412.77 million SDR (2020)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 412.77 million SDR (2020)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 21.13 SDR per person (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Malawi?
- Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Malawi was 21.3% 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 21.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.8% in 2015.
- How does Malawi rank for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets?
- Malawi ranks 38th out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.