Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Mauritius
Mauritius: Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets was 19.7% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Mauritius, 1998–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Mauritius is 19.7%, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 23.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Mauritius peaked at 19.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 11.9%, in 1998.
That places Mauritius 54th out of 141 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 11.9% | — |
| 1999 | 13.3% | +11.8% |
| 2006 | 15.8% | +18.8% |
| 2007 | 13.3% | -15.8% |
| 2008 | 15.3% | +15.0% |
| 2009 | 15.4% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 16.0% | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 15.7% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 17.1% | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 17.3% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 17.1% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 18.4% | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 18.2% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 18.8% | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 19.2% | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 19.6% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 19.7% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.6% | 11.9% | 13.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 15.0% | 13.3% | 15.8% | 4 |
| 2010s | 17.7% | 15.7% | 19.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.7% | 19.7% | 19.7% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Mauritius
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 869,032 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 66.89 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 8.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 13.97 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 1.27 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 6.00 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 6.25 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 7.53 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 7.51 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 6,042 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Mauritius?
- Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Mauritius was 19.7% 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 19.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.9% in 1998.
- How does Mauritius rank for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets?
- Mauritius ranks 54th out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.