Bank Equity (As % of Bank Assets) fell 4.20% yoy to 11.0% in Greece in 2Q2019

Bank equity as a share of bank assets fell 4.20% yoy to 11.0% in Greece in 2Q2019, according to the National Central Bank. This is 4.54% more than in the previous quarter.

Historically, bank equity as a share of bank assets in Greece reached an all time high of 12.2% in 3Q2017 and an all time low of -1.07% in 1Q2012. When compared to Greece's main peers, bank equity as a share of bank assets in Albania amounted to 10.4%, 12.4% in Bulgaria, 11.6% in Macedonia and 11.3% in Turkey in 2Q2019.

Greece has been ranked 42nd within the group of 90 countries we follow in terms of bank equity as a share of bank assets, 10 places above the position seen 10 years ago.