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 98th within the group of 117 countries we follow in terms of bank capital adequacy ratio, 10 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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