Kuwait: Regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets
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| Kuwait |
Banking system regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 16.90 |
| Year | 2015 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 1998 - 2015 |
| Average | 19.27 |
| Min - Max | 15.60 - 23.70 |
| Source | The International Monetary Fund |
The latest value from 2015 is 16.9 percent, unchanged from 16.9 percent in 2014. In comparison, the world average is 18.10 percent, based on data from 134 countries. Historically, the average for Kuwait from 1998 to 2015 is 19.27 percent. The minimum value, 15.6 percent, was reached in 2008 while the maximum of 23.7 percent was recorded in 1999.
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Definition: The capital adequacy of deposit takers. It is a ratio of total regulatory capital to its assets held, weighted according to the risk of those assets.
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