Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Uganda
Uganda: Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets was 22.2% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Uganda, 1998–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 22.2% for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in 2020.
That represents a change of up 5.4% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Uganda peaked at 23.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 11.0%, in 1998.
That places Uganda 32nd 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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 11.0% | — |
| 1999 | 13.6% | +23.6% |
| 2000 | 20.5% | +50.7% |
| 2001 | 23.1% | +12.7% |
| 2002 | 20.7% | -10.4% |
| 2003 | 16.9% | -18.4% |
| 2004 | 20.5% | +21.3% |
| 2005 | 18.3% | -10.7% |
| 2006 | 17.9% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 19.3% | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 20.7% | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 20.9% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 20.2% | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 20.3% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 21.9% | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 22.1% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 22.2% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 21.0% | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 19.8% | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 23.2% | +16.9% |
| 2018 | 21.6% | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 21.0% | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 22.2% | +5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.3% | 11.0% | 13.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 19.9% | 16.9% | 23.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.3% | 19.8% | 23.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.2% | 22.2% | 22.2% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Uganda
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 977,433 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 810.27 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 4.35 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 0 SDR (2024)
- Gold reserves at market value 0 SDR (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 2.53 billion SDR (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold 2.67 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 2.67 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 2.67 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 53.4 SDR per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Uganda?
- Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Uganda 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 23.2% in 2017.
- What is the lowest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.0% in 1998.
- How does Uganda rank for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets?
- Uganda ranks 32nd out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.