Bahrain: Bank overhead cost
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Bahrain |
Bank overhead costs, percent of total assets |
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Latest value | 1.32 |
Year | 2021 |
Measure | percent |
Data availability | 2000 - 2021 |
Average | 1.16 |
Min - Max | 0.90 - 1.41 |
Source | Bankscope |
The latest value from 2021 is 1.32 percent, unchanged from 1.32 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 2.44 percent, based on data from 136 countries. Historically, the average for Bahrain from 2000 to 2021 is 1.16 percent. The minimum value, 0.9 percent, was reached in 2007 while the maximum of 1.41 percent was recorded in 2019.
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Definition: Operating expenses of a bank as a share of the value of all assets held. Total assets include total earning assets, cash and due from banks, foreclosed real estate, fixed assets, goodwill, other intangibles, current tax assets, deferred tax assets, discontinued operations and other assets. The numerator and denominator are first aggregated on the country level before division. Note that banks used in the calculation might differ between indicators. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope.
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