Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Poland
Poland: Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets was 19.8% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Poland, 1998–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Poland recorded 19.8% for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in 2020. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.6% on the previous year and up 42.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Poland peaked at 19.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 11.2%, in 2008.
Poland ranks 52nd of 141 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Poland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 11.7% | — |
| 1999 | 13.2% | +12.8% |
| 2000 | 12.9% | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 13.5% | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 13.8% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 13.8% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 15.4% | +11.6% |
| 2005 | 14.6% | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 13.2% | -9.6% |
| 2007 | 12.0% | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 11.2% | -6.7% |
| 2009 | 13.3% | +18.8% |
| 2010 | 13.9% | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 13.1% | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 14.8% | +12.6% |
| 2013 | 15.7% | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 14.7% | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 16.0% | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 17.2% | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 18.0% | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 18.3% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 18.6% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 19.8% | +6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.4% | 11.7% | 13.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 13.4% | 11.2% | 15.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.0% | 13.1% | 18.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.8% | 19.8% | 19.8% | 1 |
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- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 11.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0014 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 40.94 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 5.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 29.9 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 11.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0014 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 40.94 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 5.77 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Poland?
- Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Poland was 19.8% 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 Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 19.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.2% in 2008.
- How does Poland rank for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets?
- Poland ranks 52nd out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland 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.