Barbados: Bank cost to income ratio

The latest value from 2016 is 19.93 percent, a decline from 20.76 percent in 2015. In comparison, the world average is 54.83 percent, based on data from 160 countries. Historically, the average for Barbados from 2008 to 2016 is 41.47 percent. The minimum value, 19.55 percent, was reached in 2014 while the maximum of 64.47 percent was recorded in 2011. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: Operating expenses of a bank as a share of the sum of net-interest revenue and other operating income. 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.