* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Banking system capital, percent of assets, 2020:

The average for 2020 based on 105 countries was 10.5 percent. The highest value was in Tonga: 22.06 percent and the lowest value was in Macao: 4.49 percent. The indicator is available from 1998 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The International Monetary Fund
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Banking system capital to assets, 2020 Global rank Available data
Tonga 22.06 1 2010 - 2020
Maldives 21.82 2 2012 - 2020
C.A. Republic 19.94 3 2010 - 2020
Solomon Isl. 17.68 4 2010 - 2020
R. of Congo 17.03 5 2010 - 2020
Samoa 16.78 6 2008 - 2020
Colombia 16.33 7 1998 - 2020
Iceland 15.74 8 1998 - 2020
Argentina 15.5 9 1998 - 2020
Indonesia 14.8 10 2000 - 2020
Kenya 14.62 11 1998 - 2020
Gabon 14.51 12 2002 - 2020
Saudi Arabia 14.43 13 1998 - 2020
Ghana 14.23 14 1998 - 2020
Cambodia 14.21 15 2010 - 2020
Belarus 14.19 16 2001 - 2020
Rwanda 14.06 17 2001 - 2020
Croatia 13.37 18 1998 - 2020
Uganda 13.37 19 1999 - 2020
Brunei 13.24 20 2009 - 2020
Swaziland 13.21 21 2002 - 2020
Uzbekistan 13.15 22 2006 - 2020
Armenia 13.13 23 1998 - 2020
Moldova 12.92 24 2000 - 2020
Bosnia & Herz. 12.52 25 2001 - 2020
Malawi 12.48 26 2015 - 2020
Tanzania 12.42 27 1998 - 2020
Lesotho 12.25 28 2002 - 2020
Kazakhstan 12.01 29 2000 - 2020
Guinea 11.93 30 2013 - 2020
Bulgaria 11.88 31 1998 - 2020
Tr.&Tobago 11.85 32 2010 - 2020
Botswana 11.81 33 2000 - 2020
Panama 11.8 34 2000 - 2020
Ukraine 11.66 35 1999 - 2020
North Macedonia 11.64 36 2004 - 2020
Malaysia 11.63 37 1998 - 2020
Fiji 11.52 38 2009 - 2020
Ireland 11.36 39 1998 - 2020
El Salvador 11.34 40 2000 - 2020
Philippines 11.14 41 1998 - 2020
Thailand 11.14 42 1998 - 2020
USA 11.02 43 1998 - 2020
Mauritius 10.81 44 1998 - 2020
Mexico 10.65 45 1998 - 2020
Nepal 10.58 46 2016 - 2020
Uruguay 10.58 47 1998 - 2020
Turkey 10.55 48 1998 - 2020
Peru 10.51 49 1998 - 2020
Honduras 10.49 50 1998 - 2020
Albania 10.39 51 2003 - 2020
Romania 10.33 52 2000 - 2020
Estonia 10.32 53 1998 - 2020
Slovakia 10.24 54 1998 - 2020
Brazil 10.06 55 1998 - 2020
Latvia 10.02 56 1998 - 2020
Russia 9.97 57 1998 - 2020
Georgia 9.94 58 2001 - 2020
Chad 9.89 59 2010 - 2020
Costa Rica 9.74 60 1998 - 2020
Namibia 9.6 61 2001 - 2020
Slovenia 9.52 62 2000 - 2020
Hong Kong 9.44 63 1998 - 2020
Poland 9.4 64 1998 - 2020
Madagascar 9.38 65 2000 - 2020
China 9.24 66 1999 - 2020
Cameroon 9.23 67 2010 - 2020
Greece 8.83 68 1999 - 2020
Luxembourg 8.64 69 1998 - 2020
Sri Lanka 8.55 70 2011 - 2020
Zambia 8.48 71 2010 - 2020
Malta 8.47 72 1999 - 2020
Paraguay 8.47 73 1998 - 2020
Cyprus 8.38 74 2008 - 2020
Switzerland 8.13 75 1998 - 2020
India 8.1 76 1998 - 2020
Australia 8 77 1998 - 2020
Seychelles 7.98 78 2006 - 2020
South Africa 7.89 79 1999 - 2020
Austria 7.6 80 1998 - 2020
Portugal 7.47 81 1998 - 2020
South Korea 7.4 82 1998 - 2020
Czechia 7.38 83 1999 - 2020
Pakistan 7.24 84 1998 - 2020
Ethiopia 7.16 85 2017 - 2020
Belgium 7.06 86 1998 - 2020
UK 6.87 87 1998 - 2020
Chile 6.86 88 1998 - 2020
Israel 6.75 89 1998 - 2020
Finland 6.7 90 1998 - 2020
Djibouti 6.66 91 2012 - 2020
Denmark 6.64 92 1998 - 2020
Lithuania 6.63 93 1998 - 2020
Italy 6.6 94 1998 - 2020
Spain 6.5 95 1998 - 2020
Guatemala 6.48 96 2001 - 2020
Nigeria 6.26 97 1998 - 2020
Sweden 6.26 98 1998 - 2020
France 6.18 99 1998 - 2020
Germany 5.93 100 1998 - 2020
Netherlands 5.88 101 1998 - 2020
Canada 4.95 102 1998 - 2020
Japan 4.86 103 1998 - 2020
Bangladesh 4.77 104 1998 - 2020
Macao 4.49 105 2010 - 2020



Definition: Ratio of bank capital and reserves to total assets. Capital and reserves include funds contributed by owners, retained earnings, general and special reserves, provisions, and valuation adjustments. Capital includes tier 1 capital (paid-up shares and common stock), which is a common feature in all countries' banking systems, and total regulatory capital, which includes several specified types of subordinated debt instruments that need not be repaid if the funds are required to maintain minimum capital levels (these comprise tier 2 and tier 3 capital). Total assets include all nonfinancial and financial assets. Reported by IMF staff. Note that due to differences in national accounting, taxation, and supervisory regimes, these data are not strictly comparable across countries.

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