economic2025

Bank capital to assets ratio (%)

Name: Bank capital to assets ratio (%)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: trend-research-200, world-bank, finance-markets-taxation, bank, capital, assets, ratio

Compare bank capital to assets ratio (%) across 88 countries using the latest fixed-year World Bank WDI observations for 2025.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•88 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

9.4%

Median: 9.1%

Countries Covered

88

with available data

Highest

Argentina

19.7%

Lowest

Macao

3.7%

Top 5 Countries

1Argentina19.7%

2Maldives17.4%

3Sao Tome and Principe16.7%

4Georgia15.2%

5Tonga15.1%

By Region

South America11.8%(4 countries)

Other10.6%(39 countries)

Asia9.8%(10 countries)

North America7.9%(4 countries)

Europe7.7%(28 countries)

Key Findings

•88 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
•Argentina has the highest published value (19.7112 %).
•Macao has the lowest published value (3.74088 %).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (3.7%)High (19.7%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 9.4%)

South America (4)

Other (39)

Asia (10)

North America (4)

Europe (28)

Africa (2)

Oceania (1)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

The indicator is a measure of capital adequacy that evaluates the financial strength of deposit takers by comparing Tier 1 capital to total assets. Tier 1 capital, often referred to as core capital, includes the most stable and readily available forms of capital, such as common equity, disclosed reserves, retained earnings, and certain other instruments that meet regulatory requirements under the Basel framework. This capital is considered the highest quality because it is fully available to cover losses and does not need to be repaid.

Values use one fixed 2025 reference year from World Development Indicators series FB.BNK.CAPA.ZS. MapTheory excludes aggregates, missing/non-finite values, and geographies without an ISO 3166-1 numeric mapping; it does not interpolate missing countries.

Methodology

The indicator is a measure of capital adequacy that evaluates the financial strength of deposit takers by comparing Tier 1 capital to total assets. Tier 1 capital, often referred to as core capital, includes the most stable and readily available forms of capital, such as common equity, disclosed reserves, retained earnings, and certain other instruments that meet regulatory requirements under the Basel framework. This capital is considered the highest quality because it is fully available to cover losses and does not need to be repaid.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Argentina	19.7%
2	Maldives	17.4%
3	Sao Tome and Principe	16.7%
4	Georgia	15.2%
5	Tonga	15.1%
6	Kazakhstan	14.5%
7	Kyrgyzstan	14.4%
8	Saudi Arabia	13.9%
9	Saint Kitts and Nevis	13.1%
10	Indonesia	13.0%
11	Iceland	13.0%
12	Panama	12.9%
13	Mozambique	12.9%
14	Antigua and Barbuda	12.8%
15	Belarus	12.7%
16	Zambia	12.6%
17	United Republic of Tanzania	12.5%
18	The Republic of North Macedonia	12.3%
19	Somalia	11.8%
20	Moldova, Republic of	11.6%
21	Bulgaria	11.4%
22	Kuwait	11.4%
23	Eswatini	11.4%
24	Grenada	11.2%
25	Namibia	11.1%
26	Costa Rica	10.8%
27	Dominica	10.5%
28	Mexico	10.5%
29	Slovenia	10.3%
30	Colombia	10.1%
31	Burundi	10.0%
32	Montenegro	9.9%
33	Dominican Republic	9.8%
34	Saint Lucia	9.6%
35	Cyprus	9.5%
36	Botswana	9.5%
37	Luxembourg	9.3%
38	Philippines	9.2%
39	Albania	9.2%
40	United States of America	9.2%
41	Nicaragua	9.2%
42	Mongolia	9.1%
43	Hungary	9.1%
44	Mauritius	9.1%
45	Paraguay	9.1%
46	Chile	9.1%
47	Latvia	8.9%
48	Azerbaijan	8.7%
49	Croatia	8.6%
50	Romania	8.6%
51	India	8.5%
52	Estonia	8.5%
53	Brazil	8.3%
54	Democratic Republic of the Congo	8.2%
55	Malta	8.0%
56	Hong Kong	7.9%
57	Norway	7.8%
58	Greece	7.6%
59	Switzerland	7.6%
60	Portugal	7.5%
61	Germany	7.5%
62	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.5%
63	Slovakia	7.5%
64	Seychelles	7.3%
65	Malaysia	7.3%
66	Guatemala	7.0%
67	Sri Lanka	6.9%
68	Ukraine	6.9%
69	Ghana	6.6%
70	San Marino	6.5%
71	Finland	6.3%
72	Italy	6.3%
73	Poland	6.1%
74	Lithuania	6.0%
75	Netherlands	6.0%
76	Honduras	6.0%
77	Nepal	6.0%
78	Belgium	5.9%
79	Czech Republic	5.9%
80	Sweden	5.8%
81	Spain	5.7%
82	United Kingdom	5.6%
83	Australia	5.6%
84	Denmark	5.3%
85	Pakistan	5.2%
86	Canada	4.9%
87	Nigeria	4.5%
88	Macao	3.7%

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Topics

#trend-research-200 #world-bank #finance-markets-taxation #bank #capital #assets #ratio

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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