Global Rankings

Bank Overhead Costs

percent of total assets

Rank		Country	%
Current	Previous	Country	%
1	1	Cyprus	15.48%
2	31	Angola	12.52%
3	13	Tajikistan	11.34%
4	16	Zambia	10.83%
5	7	Malawi	9.15%
6	5	Mozambique	8.54%
7	3	Sierra Leone	8.52%
8	6	Colombia	8.11%
9	4	Argentina	8.10%
10	10	Uganda	7.87%
11	9	Liberia	7.70%
12	14	Tanzania	6.86%
13	12	Lesotho	6.51%
14	19	Rwanda	6.25%
15	25	Swaziland	5.88%
16	27	Guinea	5.86%
17	15	Dominican Republic	5.48%
18	11	Gambia	5.32%
19	23	Ghana	5.25%
20	17	Kyrgyzstan	5.21%
21	28	Chad	5.19%
22	24	Latvia	5.16%
23	29	North Korea	5.00%
24	170	Samoa	4.98%
25	53	Cameroon	4.83%
26	34	Nicaragua	4.73%
27	8	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4.72%
27	18	Ukraine	4.72%
29	40	Antigua and Barbuda	4.67%
30	110	Yemen	4.52%
30	41	Namibia	4.52%
32	37	Madagascar	4.48%
33	30	Belize	4.44%
34	22	Sudan	4.33%
35	35	Costa Rica	4.31%
36	31	Gabon	4.29%
37	39	Uruguay	4.25%
37	46	Niger	4.25%
39	49	Ethiopia	4.22%
40	38	Kenya	4.18%
41	26	Belarus	4.13%
42	43	Senegal	4.05%
43	47	Mali	4.02%
44	20	Jamaica	4.01%
45	44	Burundi	3.97%
46	33	Papua New Guinea	3.92%
47	45	Ecuador	3.76%
48	56	Togo	3.70%
49	49	El Salvador	3.67%
50	36	Peru	3.60%
51	54	Honduras	3.49%
52	59	South Africa	3.32%
53	42	Trinidad and Tobago	3.31%
54	58	Haiti	3.27%
55	69	Seychelles	3.26%
56	52	Bolivia	3.25%
57	48	Nigeria	3.23%
58	63	Guatemala	3.22%
58	71	Azerbaijan	3.22%
60	70	Guyana	3.21%
61	60	Moldova	3.20%
62	2	Zimbabwe	3.12%
63	57	Sri Lanka	3.10%
64	80	Turkey	3.09%
65	76	Benin	3.08%
65	61	Paraguay	3.08%
67	21	Brazil	3.06%
68	65	Ivory Coast	3.02%
69	80	Suriname	3.00%
70	91	Saint Lucia	2.98%
71	64	Montenegro	2.96%
72	98	Djibouti	2.93%
73	67	Mexico	2.92%
73	87	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.92%
75	72	Botswana	2.91%
76	72	Sweden	2.90%
77	92	Afghanistan	2.75%
78	85	United States	2.71%
79	83	Indonesia	2.70%
80	78	Serbia	2.67%
81	62	Mauritania	2.63%
82	79	Bahamas	2.60%
82	51	Romania	2.60%
84	95	Fiji	2.57%
85	75	Russia	2.56%
85	88	Andorra	2.56%
87	74	Georgia	2.53%
88	66	San Marino	2.46%
88	77	Kazakhstan	2.46%
90	156	Venezuela	2.37%
91	84	Slovenia	2.31%
92	93	Panama	2.30%
93	116	Denmark	2.29%
94	100	Morocco	2.28%
94	97	Croatia	2.28%
96	86	Estonia	2.25%
97	68	Philippines	2.21%
98	107	Jordan	2.18%
99	93	Barbados	2.16%
100	90	Bermuda	2.15%
101	107	Mongolia	2.14%
102	106	Hungary	2.12%
103	113	Chile	2.11%
104	99	Bulgaria	2.08%
105	103	Cape Verde	2.03%
106	100	Maldives	2.02%
107	104	Albania	2.01%
108	120	Cambodia	1.99%
109	120	Nepal	1.96%
109	109	Macedonia	1.96%
111	82	Uzbekistan	1.94%
112	100	Pakistan	1.91%
113	124	South Korea	1.88%
113	159	Burma (Myanmar)	1.88%
113	96	Armenia	1.88%
116	132	Italy	1.84%
116	114	Slovakia	1.84%
118	105	Iceland	1.83%
119	112	Bangladesh	1.78%
120	132	Ireland	1.74%
121	111	Norway	1.72%
122	119	Austria	1.66%
123	134	Malta	1.65%
124	116	India	1.62%
125	125	Switzerland	1.59%
126	131	Oman	1.58%
127	123	Lithuania	1.57%
127	116	Poland	1.57%
129	88	Burkina Faso	1.55%
129	127	Canada	1.55%
131	128	Laos	1.49%
132	122	Israel	1.48%
133	128	Vietnam	1.46%
134	136	Greece	1.42%
135	164	Australia	1.41%
136	156	Libya	1.37%
137	125	Portugal	1.36%
138	150	Egypt	1.32%
139	139	Saudi Arabia	1.31%
139	130	United Kingdom	1.31%
141	141	Finland	1.27%
142	147	Singapore	1.26%
143	148	Monaco	1.25%
144	138	Netherlands	1.23%
144	142	Thailand	1.23%
146	115	Mauritius	1.22%
146	142	Bahrain	1.22%
148	137	Bhutan	1.21%
149	163	Syria	1.18%
150	145	United Arab Emirates	1.16%
151	142	France	1.15%
152	149	Kuwait	1.11%
152	152	New Zealand	1.11%
152	135	Macao	1.11%
155	159	Belgium	1.08%
156	151	Algeria	1.07%
157	155	Germany	0.99%
158	140	Spain	0.97%
159	154	Hong Kong	0.91%
159	145	Lebanon	0.91%
161	167	Czech Republic	0.85%
162	166	Luxembourg	0.80%
163	161	China	0.79%
163	153	Malaysia	0.79%
165	55	Tunisia	0.75%
166	168	Taiwan	0.70%
167	162	Qatar	0.67%
168	164	Japan	0.65%
169	158	Iraq	0.43%
170	169	Turkmenistan	0.36%

Data

Global Rankings

Bank Overhead Costs