Bank capital adequacy ratio rose 1.07% to 15.6% in India in 2020, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank capital adequacy ratio in India reached an all time high of 15.6% in 2020 and an all time low of 12.3% in 2006. When compared to India's main peers, bank capital adequacy ratio in Bangladesh amounted to 11.6%, 14.7% in China, 18.6% in Pakistan and 16.5% in Sri Lanka in 2020.
India has been ranked 97th within the group of 116 countries we follow in terms of bank capital adequacy ratio, 9 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Capital Adequacy Ratio | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Afghanistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19.9% | 28.2% | 29.8% | 25.9% | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Bangladesh | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.4% | 11.1% | 10.7% | 10.5% | 11.6% | ||||||
| Bhutan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18.7% | 20.2% | 16.9% | 16.8% | 15.1% | ... | ... | ||||||
| China | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.5% | 13.3% | 13.6% | 14.2% | 14.6% | |||||||
| India | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.7% | 13.0% | 12.8% | 12.9% | 15.4% | |||||||
| Iran | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Japan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaysia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.7% | 17.0% | 17.8% | 18.1% | 18.6% | |||||||
| Maldives | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 41.5% | 44.6% | 44.9% | 44.7% | 46.4% | |||||
| Myanmar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.9% | 12.8% | 10.9% | ... | ... | ... |
| Pakistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.3% | 16.3% | 15.8% | 16.2% | 17.0% | ||||||||||||
| Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.7% | 13.1% | 12.1% | 12.2% | 12.3% | |||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.2% | 14.3% | 15.2% | 15.1% | 16.5% | ... | |||||
| USA | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.1% | 14.2% | 14.5% | 14.8% | 14.7% |
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