Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets (%) in Uruguay
Uruguay: Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets (%) was 17.7% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Uruguay, 1998–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 17.7% for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 24.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Uruguay peaked at 22.7% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 10.2%, in 1999.
That places Uruguay 83rd 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 20 years of available data.
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets (%) in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 11.2% | — |
| 1999 | 10.2% | -8.9% |
| 2003 | 18.1% | +77.5% |
| 2004 | 21.7% | +19.9% |
| 2005 | 22.7% | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 16.9% | -25.6% |
| 2007 | 17.8% | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 17.6% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 16.0% | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 14.2% | -11.5% |
| 2011 | 16.0% | +13.3% |
| 2012 | 15.9% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 15.6% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 15.1% | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 14.5% | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 16.3% | +12.2% |
| 2017 | 18.1% | +11.0% |
| 2018 | 19.4% | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 16.8% | -13.8% |
| 2020 | 17.7% | +5.5% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 17.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 19.2%, 92% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 17.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 16.7%, 1.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets (%) in Uruguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +77.5% | 10.2% | 18.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.7% | 10.2% | 11.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 18.7% | 16.0% | 22.7% | 7 |
| 2010s | 16.2% | 14.2% | 19.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.7% | 17.7% | 17.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More financial sector data for Uruguay
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 7.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 44.98 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 2.76 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0013 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 32.84 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 7.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 44.98 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 2.76 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Uruguay?
- Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Uruguay was 17.7% 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 22.7% in 2005.
- What is the lowest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.2% in 1999.
- How does Uruguay rank for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets?
- Uruguay ranks 83rd out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.