Japan (2020)
4.9
% of total assets
-0.5pp YoY
YoY Change
-0.5pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
20
years of data

Data

Japan Bank Capital and Reserves to Total Assets (2020) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of total assets Change
2020 4.9 -0.5pp
2019 5.4 -0.1pp
2018 5.5 +0.1pp
2017 5.4 -0.1pp
2016 5.5 -0.2pp
2015 5.6 +0.1pp
2014 5.5 -0.1pp
2013 5.6 +1.3pp
2009 4.3 -0.7pp
2008 5 -0.3pp
2007 5.3 +0.5pp
2006 4.8 unchanged
2005 4.8 +0.6pp
2004 4.2 +0.3pp
2003 3.9 +0.6pp
2002 3.3 -0.6pp
2001 3.9 -0.7pp
2000 4.6 unchanged
1999 4.6 +2.2pp
1998 2.4 n/a

About this Dataset

Japan recorded 4.9 % of total assets in 2020. The latest change was -0.5pp. Across 1998–2020 the series ranges from 2.4 in 1998 to 5.6 in 2015.

This page tracks bank capital and reserves as a share of total assets in Japan. 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 Japan. 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 2020. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1998–2020 (20 observations).

The series peaked at 5.6 % of total assets in 2015 and reached its lowest recorded value of 2.4 in 1998. The latest reading of 4.9 in 2020 represents a change of -0.5pp.