Brazil: Bank cost to income ratio

Brazil: Bank cost to income ratio, in percent

: For that indicator, we provide data for Brazil from 1996 to 2017. The average value for Brazil during that period was 62.3 percent with a minimum of 52.89 percent in 2009 and a maximum of 79.71 percent in 1996. The latest value from 2017 is 64.37 percent. For comparison, the world average in 2017 based on 181 countries is 57.01 percent. 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.