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Bank overhead costs to total assets (%)

Raw data are from Bankscope. Data2090[t] / ((data2025[t] + data2025[t-1])/2). 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.

📅 2021📏 %135 entries

ArgentinaVenezuelaMalawiLiberiaDominican RepublicUgandaTanzaniaKyrgyzstanGhanaAngolaEcuadorLesothoNamibiaCosta RicaMexicoKenyaGuatemalaBoliviaColombiaBelarusParaguayBrazilSouth AfricaUruguayIndonesiaNigeriaAfghanistanPeruEthiopiaUnited StatesBahamasMongoliaGeorgiaTunisiaBarbadosBermudaPhilippinesPakistanSri LankaIndiaFijiIcelandEstoniaOmanChileMoroccoCanadaIrelandEgyptSouth KoreaBhutanMalaysiaPortugalMauritiusLaosAustraliaNew ZealandIraqNorwayFinlandHong KongSingaporeFranceChinaRussiaJapan

7.96% – 3.60%3.57% – 2.39%2.37% – 1.68%1.66% – 1.21%1.19% – 0.44%No data

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

7.96%

🇦🇷Argentina

7.20%

🇻🇪Venezuela

6.68%

🇿🇲Zambia

6.00%

🇲🇿Mozambique

5.82%

🇨🇾Cyprus

5.70%

🇲🇼Malawi

5.60%

🇱🇷Liberia

5.55%

🇹🇯Tajikistan

5.54%

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

5.49%

🇺🇬Uganda

5.08%

🇹🇿Tanzania

5.07%

🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan

5.03%

🇬🇭Ghana

4.77%

🇦🇴Angola

4.71%

🇭🇳Honduras

4.61%

🇪🇨Ecuador

4.61%

🇳🇮Nicaragua

4.43%

🇷🇼Rwanda

4.34%

🇱🇸Lesotho

4.28%

🇳🇦Namibia

4.09%

🇯🇲Jamaica

4.06%

🇨🇷Costa Rica

3.88%

🇸🇻El Salvador

3.83%

🇧🇮Burundi

3.79%

🇧🇼Botswana

3.66%

🇦🇿Azerbaijan

3.60%

🇲🇽Mexico

3.57%

🇰🇪Kenya

3.48%

🇬🇹Guatemala

3.42%

🇲🇩Moldova

3.34%

🇨🇼Curaçao

3.27%

🇧🇴Bolivia

3.27%

🇨🇴Colombia

3.22%

🇧🇾Belarus

3.19%

🇵🇾Paraguay

3.15%

🇧🇷Brazil

3.14%

🇲🇪Montenegro

3.09%

🇿🇦South Africa

2.88%

🇺🇾Uruguay

2.80%

🇮🇩Indonesia

2.79%

🇭🇹Haiti

2.72%

🇳🇬Nigeria

2.71%

🇦🇫Afghanistan

2.68%

🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago

2.66%

🇵🇪Peru

2.64%

🇺🇿Uzbekistan

2.63%

🇬🇾Guyana

2.60%

🇭🇺Hungary

2.55%

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

2.49%

Highlights

As of 2021, Zimbabwe ranks first with 7.96%, followed by Argentina (7.20%) and Venezuela (6.68%).

Across 135 countries and territories, values run from 7.96% (Zimbabwe) to 0.44% (Japan), with a median of 1.92%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Africa, 3 from the Americas, 1 from Asia and 1 from Europe.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Bank overhead costs to total assets (%), 2021. Unit: %.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Bank overhead costs to total assets (%) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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