Sierra Leone: Bank cost to income ratio

The latest value from 2019 is 56.1 percent, a decline from 57.43 percent in 2018. In comparison, the world average is 55.04 percent, based on data from 161 countries. Historically, the average for Sierra Leone from 2000 to 2019 is 60.32 percent. The minimum value, 30.54 percent, was reached in 2000 while the maximum of 81.29 percent was recorded in 2009. See the global rankings or world map 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.