What Banking Operates with most of its Own Capital?

Bank Equity to Bank Assets (%), 2024 or latest
Banking | August 10, 2025
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Based on a comparison of 122 countries in 2024, Cyprus ranked the highest in bank equity as a share of bank assets with 318% followed by Argentina and Maldives. On the other end of the scale was Equatorial Guinea with -6.40%, Chad with -1.04% and Azerbaijan with 2.07%.

Data for more countries are available at Bank Equity (As % of Bank Assets) indicator page.

Bank Equity (As % of Bank Assets) Unit 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Argentina % ... 8.65% 9.73% 12.4% 13.0% 14.7%
Armenia % ... 12.5% 11.9% 11.5% 11.2% 13.7% ...
Cambodia % ... ... ... ... ... ... 13.9% 13.6% 14.2% 14.4% 14.9%
Cyprus % ... ... ... ... 8.10% 8.92% 8.66% 7.34% 6.87%
Georgia % 11.6% 12.3% 10.3% 13.0% 13.0%
Iceland % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 15.9% 15.4% 15.4% 14.7% 13.5%
Indonesia % ... 12.8% 13.4% 12.6% 13.2% 13.3%
Iraq % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 15.3% 13.5% 14.1% 12.8% 11.1%
Kazakhstan % ... ... ... ... 11.3% 12.8% 11.8% 11.4% 11.1%
Maldives % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 19.5% 20.9% 19.3% 15.9% 17.9%
Mozambique % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10.9% 12.7% 12.3% 13.1% 12.8% ...
Saudi Arabia % ... ... ... ... ... 15.2% 14.4% 14.6% 14.0% 14.0%
Swaziland % ... ... ... ... ... 13.1% 4.49% 11.7% 17.5% 12.6%
Uganda % ... 14.2% 14.0% 13.5% 14.9% 15.0% ...
Uzbekistan % ... ... ... ... ... ... 10.3% 16.5% 13.1% 13.2% 12.2%