Bank capital to assets ratio — all countries

Bank capital to assets ratio — Japan

Bank capital to assets ratio in Japan in 2022 — 4.07%. Ranked 135 in the world out of 138. Since 2013, the indicator has fallen by 0.67 pp.

2022 4.07% −0.7 pp vs 2021
World rank 135of 138
Period maximum 5.18%2018
Period minimum 4.07%2022

Trend over time

2013–2022 · % of assets

Bank capital to assets ratio — Japan, 2013–202244.555.520132014201520162017201820192020202120222013: 4.74%2014: 4.64%2015: 4.79%2016: 4.8%2017: 5%2018: 5.18%2019: 5.11%2020: 4.73%2021: 4.77%2022: 4.07%
Change over the period: −0.67 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp
Bank capital to assets ratio — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 4.07 −0.7 pp
2021 4.77 +0.04 pp
2020 4.73 −0.38 pp
2019 5.11 −0.07 pp
2018 5.18 +0.18 pp
2017 5 +0.2 pp
2016 4.8 +0.01 pp
2015 4.79 +0.15 pp
2014 4.64 −0.1 pp
2013 4.74

Eastern Asia, 2022

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.