Egypt (2014)
6.5
% of total assets
-0.6pp YoY
YoY Change
-0.6pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
15
years of data

Data

Egypt Bank Capital and Reserves to Total Assets (2014) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of total assets Change
2014 6.5 -0.6pp
2013 7.1 -0.1pp
2012 7.2 +1pp
2011 6.2 unchanged
2010 6.2 +0.7pp
2009 5.5 -0.1pp
2008 5.6 +0.8pp
2007 4.8 -0.1pp
2006 4.9 -0.1pp
2005 5 -0.1pp
2004 5.1 -0.2pp
2003 5.3 -0.3pp
2000 5.6 +0.2pp
1999 5.4 +0.3pp
1998 5.1 n/a

About this Dataset

Egypt recorded 6.5 % of total assets in 2014. The latest change was -0.6pp. Across 1998–2014 the series ranges from 4.8 in 2007 to 7.2 in 2012.

This page tracks bank capital and reserves as a share of total assets in Egypt. The ratio is a plain leverage measure: how much of the banking system's asset base is funded by owners' funds and retained earnings rather than by debt. It counts total regulatory capital, not Tier 1 alone.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. The series is World Bank indicator GFDD.SI.03, “Bank capital to total assets (%)”.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks bank capital and reserves as a share of total assets in Egypt. The ratio is a plain leverage measure: how much of the banking system's asset base is funded by owners' funds and retained earnings rather than by debt. It counts total regulatory capital, not Tier 1 alone. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2014. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1998–2014 (15 observations).

The series peaked at 7.2 % of total assets in 2012 and reached its lowest recorded value of 4.8 in 2007. The latest reading of 6.5 in 2014 represents a change of -0.6pp.