Bank capital to assets ratio (%) by country

Countries reporting
139
Highest
47.9%
Dominican Republic
Lowest
-6.4%
Equatorial Guinea
Median
8.7%
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
2,052

What the numbers show

Bank capital to assets ratio (%) is currently reported for 139 countries. The highest value is 47.9% in Dominican Republic; the lowest is -6.4% in Equatorial Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.7%, and the mean is 9.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 407.4%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 176.4%).

Bank capital to assets ratio: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Dominican Republic 47.9% 2023 up 407.4% volatile
2 Tajikistan 20.9% 2021 up 54.2% rising
3 Maldives 19.1% 2023 up 19.2% rising
4 Argentina 18.3% 2023 up 80.3% rising
5 Tonga 15.6% 2023 down 12.5% falling
6 Uganda 15.5% 2023 up 27.0% rising
7 Cambodia 15.2% 2023 down 12.6% falling
8 Georgia 15.2% 2023 up 20.6% falling
9 Solomon Islands 13.9% 2023 up 13.7% flat
10 Saudi Arabia 13.7% 2023 up 1.4% rising
11 Armenia 13.7% 2022 up 1.3% falling
12 Iceland 13.7% 2023 down 31.2% falling
13 Indonesia 13.4% 2023 up 39.2% rising
14 Republic of Moldova 13.1% 2023 up 23.1% falling
15 Uzbekistan 13.0% 2023 up 33.3% rising
16 Eswatini 12.9% 2023 up 7.9% rising
17 Mozambique 12.8% 2022 up 41.8% rising
18 Kazakhstan 12.8% 2023 up 20.7% rising
19 Belarus 12.8% 2023 up 25.3% rising
20 Kyrgyzstan 12.5% 2023 down 5.3% falling
21 Papua New Guinea 12.3% 2023 up 4.1% rising
22 Burundi 12.2% 2017 up 4.0% flat
23 Gambia 12.1% 2022 down 17.1% rising
24 United Republic of Tanzania 12.1% 2022 up 20.5% rising
25 Kuwait 12.1% 2023 up 9.1% rising
26 Panama 12.1% 2023 up 23.0% flat
27 Rwanda 12.0% 2022 down 21.7% falling
28 Trinidad and Tobago 11.9% 2023 up 7.3% flat
29 Iraq 11.8% 2023 up 30.9% rising
30 Peru 11.7% 2023 up 35.7% rising
31 North Macedonia 11.6% 2023 up 9.4% falling
32 United Arab Emirates 11.5% 2023 down 8.6% falling
33 Guinea 11.4% 2021 up 11.4% falling
34 Barbados 11.2% 2022 up 9.2% rising
35 Ecuador 10.8% 2023 down 11.9% flat
36 Fiji 10.8% 2021 up 13.3% rising
37 Namibia 10.8% 2023 up 26.3% rising
38 Samoa 10.7% 2023 down 12.7% flat
39 Colombia 10.7% 2023 up 18.9% rising
40 Thailand 10.6% 2023 up 24.4% rising
41 Kenya 10.4% 2023 down 14.8% rising
42 Kosovo 10.4% 2023 up 28.4% rising
43 Vanuatu 10.3% 2017 down 13.8% falling
44 Curaçao 10.3% 2022 rising
45 Mexico 10.2% 2023 up 14.3% rising
46 Zambia 10.1% 2022 down 7.7% falling
47 Uruguay 10.1% 2023 up 37.7% rising
48 Antigua and Barbuda 10.1% 2023 up 80.2% rising
49 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.1% 2023 down 12.4% falling
50 Jordan 10.1% 2023 down 94.4% volatile
51 Bulgaria 10.0% 2023 down 3.0% rising
52 Ireland 10.0% 2023 up 33.0% rising
53 Angola 10.0% 2021 up 6.2% rising
54 Costa Rica 9.9% 2023 up 22.2% rising
55 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.8% 2023 up 29.3% rising
56 Mauritius 9.7% 2023 up 33.4% rising
57 Brunei Darussalam 9.7% 2022 up 43.3% rising
58 Slovenia 9.6% 2023 up 17.6% rising
59 Lesotho 9.5% 2023 up 59.8% rising
60 Latvia 9.5% 2023 up 6.9% falling
61 Philippines 9.4% 2023 up 2.9% rising
62 Estonia 9.3% 2023 down 5.4% rising
63 Croatia 9.3% 2023 down 26.1% falling
64 Belize 9.0% 2022 down 28.1% falling
65 Grenada 9.0% 2022 up 76.3% rising
66 Brazil 8.9% 2023 down 12.6% falling
67 Congo 8.9% 2023 up 70.8% rising
68 Comoros 8.9% 2022 down 20.3% falling
69 Albania 8.7% 2023 up 12.4% rising
70 Botswana 8.7% 2023 up 3.6% rising
71 Paraguay 8.6% 2023 up 22.1% rising
72 Hungary 8.6% 2023 down 13.4% rising
73 Gabon 8.6% 2023 up 35.6% rising
74 Lebanon 8.6% 2019 up 14.9% rising
75 Montenegro 8.6% 2023 up 4.9% flat
76 Luxembourg 8.5% 2023 up 33.2% rising
77 Romania 8.5% 2022 up 5.9% rising
78 El Salvador 8.5% 2023 down 16.8% falling
79 Algeria 8.4% 2022 up 5.8% rising
80 Singapore 8.2% 2019 down 9.4% flat
81 Malawi 8.2% 2023 down 18.7% falling
82 Austria 8.2% 2023 up 2.6% rising
83 Saint Lucia 8.1% 2023 up 128.7% rising
84 State of Palestine 8.0% 2021 down 28.2% falling
85 Nicaragua 8.0% 2023 up 10.1% rising
86 Malta 7.9% 2023 up 20.9% rising
87 Viet Nam 7.9% 2022 down 1.3% falling
88 Greece 7.8% 2023 up 7.2% rising
89 Switzerland 7.8% 2023 up 23.5% rising
90 Bhutan 7.8% 2022 down 46.4% falling
91 China 7.8% 2021 up 13.0% rising
92 Chile 7.8% 2023 down 2.0% flat
93 Cyprus 7.7% 2023 down 5.4% rising
94 Malaysia 7.6% 2023 down 11.7% rising
95 Slovakia 7.6% 2023 up 0.4% rising
96 Guatemala 7.2% 2023 up 4.7% flat
97 Türkiye 7.2% 2023 down 34.3% falling
98 Djibouti 7.1% 2022 up 85.4% rising
99 Madagascar 7.1% 2023 down 17.9% falling
100 Ethiopia 7.1% 2021 falling
101 Israel 7.0% 2023 up 1.8% rising
102 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.9% 2023 down 7.6% falling
103 Seychelles 6.8% 2021 up 3.7% rising
104 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6.8% 2022 down 11.5% falling
105 Nepal 6.8% 2023 down 29.5% falling
106 Russian Federation 6.7% 2022 down 32.9% falling
107 Cameroon 6.6% 2023 up 94.6% rising
108 Portugal 6.6% 2021 up 30.5% rising
109 Bangladesh 6.5% 2023 down 0.2% falling
110 Sri Lanka 6.4% 2022 down 9.2% volatile
111 Dominica 6.4% 2022 up 62.2% rising
112 Czechia 6.3% 2023 down 11.8% falling
113 Poland 6.3% 2023 down 30.6% falling
114 Honduras 6.2% 2022 down 18.5% falling
115 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6.1% 2023 up 27.8% rising
116 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6.1% 2023 up 17.0% rising
117 India 6.1% 2023 up 0.2% rising
118 Republic of Korea 6.0% 2022 down 13.1% flat
119 San Marino 5.9% 2023 down 18.2% falling
120 Sweden 5.9% 2023 up 5.6% flat
121 Italy 5.9% 2022 up 9.4% rising
122 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.9% 2023 down 16.8% falling
123 Australia 5.9% 2022 up 23.3% rising
124 Finland 5.8% 2023 up 41.5% rising
125 Belgium 5.7% 2023 down 1.1% rising
126 Nigeria 5.7% 2022 down 47.4% falling
127 Spain 5.7% 2023 up 5.9% rising
128 France 5.5% 2023 up 20.6% rising
129 Micronesia (Federated States of) 5.3% 2021 down 26.5% falling
130 Ghana 5.2% 2023 down 47.6% falling
131 Lithuania 5.0% 2022 down 54.7% falling
132 Ukraine 5.0% 2023 down 59.2% falling
133 Denmark 4.9% 2023 up 1.1% rising
134 Pakistan 4.8% 2023 down 29.0% falling
135 Canada 4.7% 2023 up 10.4% rising
136 Monaco 4.6% 2019 up 8.4% rising
137 Japan 4.1% 2022 down 14.2% flat
138 Chad -1.0% 2023 down 110.8% volatile
139 Equatorial Guinea -6.4% 2023 down 176.4% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Bank capital to assets ratio (%)
Unit
%
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
144 places, 2,052 data points, 2000–2023
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