Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Peru
Peru: Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets was 15.6% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Peru, 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 Peru stood at 15.6%. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 6.1% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Peru peaked at 15.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 11.2%, in 1998.
That places Peru 113th 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 Peru, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 11.2% | — |
| 1999 | 12.0% | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 12.9% | +7.5% |
| 2001 | 12.8% | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 12.5% | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 13.3% | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 14.0% | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 12.0% | -14.3% |
| 2006 | 12.5% | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 11.7% | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 11.9% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 13.5% | +13.4% |
| 2010 | 14.0% | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 13.7% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 14.4% | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 13.9% | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 14.2% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 14.3% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 15.1% | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 15.2% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 14.7% | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 14.7% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 15.6% | +6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.6% | 11.2% | 12.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 12.7% | 11.7% | 14.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.4% | 13.7% | 15.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.6% | 15.6% | 15.6% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Peru
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 12,760 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.5 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 4.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 39.01 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 3.56 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 60.31 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 62.45 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 66.00 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 65.96 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,908 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Peru?
- Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Peru 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 15.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.2% in 1998.
- How does Peru rank for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets?
- Peru ranks 113th out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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.