Bank capital to assets ratio — all countries

Bank capital to assets ratio — Canada

Bank capital to assets ratio in Canada in 2025 — 4.86%. Ranked 87 in the world out of 89. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 0.35 pp.

2025 4.86% +0.19 pp vs 2024
World rank 87of 89
Period maximum 4.88%2011
Period minimum 4.05%2008

Trend over time

2005–2025 · % of assets

Bank capital to assets ratio — Canada, 2005–202544.254.54.755200520072009201120132015201720192021202320252005: 4.51%2006: 4.58%2007: 4.22%2008: 4.05%2009: 4.76%2010: 4.77%2011: 4.88%2012: 4.62%2013: 4.3%2014: 4.48%2015: 4.55%2016: 4.65%2017: 4.79%2018: 4.79%2019: 4.7%2020: 4.54%2021: 4.75%2022: 4.8%2023: 4.72%2024: 4.67%2025: 4.86%
Change over the period: +0.35 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp
Bank capital to assets ratio — Canada, by year Canada All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 4.86 +0.19 pp
2024 4.67 −0.05 pp
2023 4.72 −0.08 pp
2022 4.8 +0.05 pp
2021 4.75 +0.21 pp
2020 4.54 −0.16 pp
2019 4.7 −0.08 pp
2018 4.79 −0.01 pp
2017 4.79 +0.14 pp
2016 4.65 +0.1 pp
2015 4.55 +0.07 pp
2014 4.48 +0.18 pp
2013 4.3 −0.32 pp
2012 4.62 −0.26 pp
2011 4.88 +0.11 pp
2010 4.77 +0.01 pp
2009 4.76 +0.71 pp
2008 4.05 −0.18 pp
2007 4.22 −0.36 pp
2006 4.58 +0.07 pp
2005 4.51

Northern America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The ratio of the book capital and reserves of banks to their total assets, without risk weighting. A simple but crude indicator of soundness: it does not account for the quality of assets, so in supervisory practice it is supplemented by capital adequacy requirements under the Basel standards.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups: the correct weight is the total assets of banks, and we have no such series. The ratio is computed on book values, without adjusting for the risk of assets.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.