Bank tier 1 ratio rose 11.4% to 21.3% in Kazakhstan in 2020, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank tier 1 ratio in Kazakhstan reached an all time high of 21.3% in 2020 and an all time low of 5.90% in 2009. When compared to Kazakhstan's main peers, bank tier 1 ratio in China amounted to 12.0%, 21.6% in Kyrgyzstan, 9.68% in Russia and 15.2% in Uzbekistan in 2020.
Kazakhstan has been ranked 22nd within the group of 117 countries we follow in terms of bank tier 1 ratio, 46 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Tier 1 Ratio | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| China | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.3% | 11.2% | 11.3% | 11.6% | 11.9% | ||||||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.7% | 16.3% | 16.9% | 16.6% | 16.5% | |||||||||
| India | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.1% | 10.7% | 11.0% | 11.9% | 14.7% | |||||||
| Japan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Kazakhstan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.1% | 14.3% | 17.5% | 16.8% | 19.1% | ... | |||||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | % | ... | ... | 18.1% | 21.1% | 20.2% | 19.6% | 20.0% | ||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | 8.46% | 9.17% | 8.50% | 8.87% | 9.24% | |||||||||||||
| Tajikistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.6% | 26.7% | 28.1% | 29.2% | 26.3% | |||||||||
| Turkmenistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| USA | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.1% | 13.2% | 13.5% | 13.8% | 13.7% | ||||||||
| Uzbekistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.5% | 12.5% | 16.5% | 14.3% | 20.4% |
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