Bank cost to income ratio fell 10.7% to 42.8% in Hong Kong in 2016, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank cost to income ratio in Hong Kong reached an all time high of 57.0% in 2009 and an all time low of 42.8% in 2016.
Hong Kong has been ranked 103rd within the group of 114 countries we follow in terms of bank cost to income ratio, 103 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Bank Cost to Income Ratio | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Cambodia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 60.6% | 59.7% | 70.7% | 71.5% | 74.3% | ... | ||||||
China | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.6% | 31.1% | 31.6% | 30.8% | 31.7% | ... | ||||||
Hong Kong | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 48.0% | 42.8% | 45.7% | 44.7% | 44.8% | ... | ||||||||
India | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 51.2% | 50.7% | 50.4% | 54.3% | 53.4% | ... | ||||||
Indonesia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 50.0% | 46.6% | 49.7% | 48.1% | 46.3% | ... | |||||||||||
Japan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
Laos | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Malaysia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 46.7% | 44.0% | 43.2% | 42.0% | 42.3% | ... | |||||||||||
Philippines | % | 61.3% | 60.8% | 60.9% | 62.2% | 58.7% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | 72.0% | 88.1% | 79.9% | 83.1% | 96.3% | |||||||||||||
Singapore | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 44.4% | 44.5% | 43.4% | 44.8% | 44.3% | ... | ... | |||||||
Taiwan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Thailand | % | 47.3% | 47.6% | 47.7% | 49.2% | 45.1% | ... | |||||||||||||||
USA | % | 60.7% | 59.6% | 61.6% | 58.4% | 60.4% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Vietnam | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 55.8% | 55.3% | 51.0% | 48.9% | 47.1% | ... | ... |