Banks' Risk-Weighted Assets (Local Currency) rose 18.5% yoy to GHS 54.4 bil in Ghana in 1Q2017

Banks' risk-weighted assets rose 18.5% yoy to GHS 54.4 bil in Ghana in 1Q2017, according to the National Central Bank. This is 5.22% more than in the previous quarter.

Historically, banks' risk-weighted assets in Ghana reached an all time high of GHS 54.4 bil in 1Q2017 and an all time low of GHS 6.03 bil in 1Q2008.

Ghana has been ranked 70th within the group of 85 countries we follow in terms of banks' risk-weighted assets, 70 places below the position seen 10 years ago.