Bank cost to income ratio rose 5.11% to 76.6% in Switzerland in 2016, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank cost to income ratio in Switzerland reached an all time high of 85.4% in 2008 and an all time low of 48.6% in 1993.
Switzerland has been ranked 7th within the group of 114 countries we follow in terms of bank cost to income ratio, 3 places above 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 |
| Austria | % | 66.2% | 71.4% | 66.0% | 68.3% | 68.2% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 63.9% | 65.8% | 63.0% | 74.7% | 74.1% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| France | % | ... | 75.2% | 71.5% | 74.2% | 76.2% | 73.3% | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 70.4% | 69.3% | 71.9% | 73.1% | 76.0% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 83.1% | 61.9% | 63.2% | 70.1% | 68.1% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 64.2% | 73.9% | 69.3% | 65.7% | 65.6% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 61.9% | 59.3% | 59.8% | 60.2% | 60.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | % | ... | 59.2% | 59.2% | 62.8% | 65.9% | 64.1% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 50.2% | 51.4% | 56.6% | 57.0% | 57.5% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 72.9% | 76.7% | 74.0% | 69.6% | 68.4% | ... |
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