Bank capital to assets ratio (%) by country
Countries reporting
150
Highest
47.9%
Dominican Republic
Lowest
-6.4%
Equatorial Guinea
Median
8.6%
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
2,180
What the numbers show
Bank capital to assets ratio (%) is currently reported for 150 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 8.6%, 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 87 countries rose and 60 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 (%) (United Nations): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Moldova | 13.1% | 2023 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 13.1% | 2023 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 13.0% | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 17 | Eswatini | 12.9% | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 18 | Mozambique | 12.8% | 2022 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 12.8% | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 20 | Belarus | 12.8% | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 21 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.5% | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 22 | Papua New Guinea | 12.3% | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 23 | Burundi | 12.2% | 2017 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 24 | Gambia | 12.1% | 2022 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 25 | United Republic of Tanzania | 12.1% | 2022 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 26 | Kuwait | 12.1% | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 27 | Panama | 12.1% | 2023 | up 23.0% | flat |
| 28 | Rwanda | 12.0% | 2022 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 29 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.9% | 2023 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 30 | Iraq | 11.8% | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 31 | Peru | 11.7% | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 32 | North Macedonia | 11.6% | 2023 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 11.5% | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 34 | Guinea | 11.4% | 2021 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 35 | Barbados | 11.2% | 2022 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 36 | Central African Republic | 11.1% | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 37 | Ecuador | 10.8% | 2023 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 38 | Fiji | 10.8% | 2021 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 39 | Namibia | 10.8% | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 40 | Samoa | 10.7% | 2023 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 41 | Colombia | 10.7% | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 42 | Thailand | 10.6% | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 43 | Kenya | 10.4% | 2023 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 44 | Kosovo | 10.4% | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 45 | Vanuatu | 10.3% | 2017 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 46 | Curacao | 10.3% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 46 | Curaçao | 10.3% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 48 | Mexico | 10.2% | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 49 | Zambia | 10.1% | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 50 | Uruguay | 10.1% | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 51 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.1% | 2023 | up 80.2% | rising |
| 52 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.1% | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 53 | Jordan | 10.1% | 2023 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Bulgaria | 10.0% | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 55 | Ireland | 10.0% | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 56 | Angola | 10.0% | 2021 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 57 | Costa Rica | 9.9% | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 58 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9.8% | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 59 | Mauritius | 9.7% | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 60 | Brunei | 9.7% | 2022 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 60 | Brunei Darussalam | 9.7% | 2022 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 62 | Slovenia | 9.6% | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 63 | Lesotho | 9.5% | 2023 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 64 | Latvia | 9.5% | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 65 | Philippines | 9.4% | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 66 | Estonia | 9.3% | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 67 | Croatia | 9.3% | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 68 | Belize | 9.0% | 2022 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 69 | Grenada | 9.0% | 2022 | up 76.3% | rising |
| 70 | Brazil | 8.9% | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 71 | Congo | 8.9% | 2023 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 72 | Comoros | 8.9% | 2022 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 73 | Albania | 8.7% | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 74 | Botswana | 8.7% | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 75 | United States | 8.7% | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 76 | Paraguay | 8.6% | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 77 | Hungary | 8.6% | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 78 | Gabon | 8.6% | 2023 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 79 | Lebanon | 8.6% | 2019 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 80 | Montenegro | 8.6% | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 81 | Luxembourg | 8.5% | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 82 | Romania | 8.5% | 2022 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 83 | El Salvador | 8.5% | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 84 | Algeria | 8.4% | 2022 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 85 | Singapore | 8.2% | 2019 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 86 | Malawi | 8.2% | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 87 | Austria | 8.2% | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 88 | South Africa | 8.1% | 2021 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 89 | Saint Lucia | 8.1% | 2023 | up 128.7% | rising |
| 90 | State of Palestine | 8.0% | 2021 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 91 | Nicaragua | 8.0% | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 92 | Malta | 7.9% | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 93 | Vietnam | 7.9% | 2022 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 93 | Viet Nam | 7.9% | 2022 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 95 | Greece | 7.8% | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 96 | Switzerland | 7.8% | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 97 | Bhutan | 7.8% | 2022 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 98 | China | 7.8% | 2021 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 99 | Chile | 7.8% | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 100 | Cyprus | 7.7% | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 101 | Malaysia | 7.6% | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 102 | Slovakia | 7.6% | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 103 | Guatemala | 7.2% | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 104 | Turkey | 7.2% | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 104 | Türkiye | 7.2% | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 106 | Djibouti | 7.1% | 2022 | up 85.4% | rising |
| 107 | Madagascar | 7.1% | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 108 | Ethiopia | 7.1% | 2021 | — | falling |
| 109 | Israel | 7.0% | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 110 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.9% | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 111 | Seychelles | 6.8% | 2021 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 112 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 6.8% | 2022 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 113 | Nepal | 6.8% | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 114 | Russia | 6.7% | 2022 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 114 | Russian Federation | 6.7% | 2022 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 116 | Cameroon | 6.6% | 2023 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 117 | Portugal | 6.6% | 2021 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 118 | Bangladesh | 6.5% | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 6.4% | 2022 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Dominica | 6.4% | 2022 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 121 | Czechia | 6.3% | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 122 | Poland | 6.3% | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 123 | Honduras | 6.2% | 2022 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 124 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 6.1% | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 125 | United Kingdom | 6.1% | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 125 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 6.1% | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 127 | India | 6.1% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 128 | South Korea | 6.0% | 2022 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 128 | Republic of Korea | 6.0% | 2022 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 130 | San Marino | 5.9% | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 131 | Sweden | 5.9% | 2023 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 132 | Italy | 5.9% | 2022 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 133 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5.9% | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 134 | Australia | 5.9% | 2022 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 135 | Finland | 5.8% | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 136 | Belgium | 5.7% | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 137 | Nigeria | 5.7% | 2022 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 138 | Spain | 5.7% | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 139 | France | 5.5% | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 140 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 5.3% | 2021 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 141 | Ghana | 5.2% | 2023 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 142 | Lithuania | 5.0% | 2022 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 143 | Ukraine | 5.0% | 2023 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 144 | Denmark | 4.9% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 145 | Pakistan | 4.8% | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 146 | Canada | 4.7% | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 147 | Monaco | 4.6% | 2019 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 148 | Japan | 4.1% | 2022 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 149 | Chad | -1.0% | 2023 | down 110.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Equatorial Guinea | -6.4% | 2023 | down 176.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.