Bank equity as a share of bank assets rose 0.312% yoy to 6.10% in the United Kingdom in 1Q2024, according to the National Central Bank. This is 0.263% more than in the previous quarter.
Historically, bank equity as a share of bank assets in the United Kingdom reached an all time high of 6.46% in 4Q2022 and an all time low of 3.28% in 4Q2008. When compared to United Kingdom's main peers, bank equity as a share of bank assets in Belgium amounted to 5.54%, 5.38% in France, 7.18% in Germany and 10.5% in Ireland in 1Q2024.
United Kingdom has been ranked 74th within the group of 88 countries we follow in terms of bank equity as a share of bank assets, 32 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Equity (As % of Bank Assets) | Unit | Jun 2019 | Sep 2019 | Dec 2019 | Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Sep 2020 | Dec 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | Sep 2021 | Dec 2021 | Mar 2022 | Jun 2022 | Sep 2022 | Dec 2022 | Mar 2023 | Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| Austria | % | 7.92% | 7.62% | 7.73% | 7.81% | 8.20% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 5.97% | 5.81% | 5.54% | 5.69% | 5.72% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Canada | % | 4.80% | 4.82% | 4.71% | 4.69% | 4.72% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 5.35% | 5.33% | 5.47% | 5.38% | 5.47% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.00% | 6.87% | 7.12% | 7.11% | 7.29% | |||||||||
| Iceland | % | 13.5% | 13.3% | 13.5% | 13.2% | 13.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | % | 10.6% | 9.87% | 9.86% | 9.91% | 10.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.89% | ... | 5.97% | ... | 6.07% | ... | ... | |||||||
| Luxembourg | % | 8.14% | 8.29% | 8.40% | 8.38% | 8.51% | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 5.97% | 5.67% | 5.77% | 5.77% | 6.06% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 6.53% | 6.35% | 6.53% | 6.47% | 6.32% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 5.52% | 5.59% | 5.59% | 5.59% | 5.66% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 6.46% | 6.08% | 6.10% | 6.02% | 6.09% | ... |
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