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South Africa - Bank Capital Adequacy Ratio 16.26

IMF Financial Soundness Indicators · updated 2026-10-03 · 152 economies tracked

Latest value

16.26 (2024)

Global rank

#n/a of 152 economies

vs global median

0.8×

Growth since 2008

1.25×

Ranking Race — Bank Capital Adequacy Ratio

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#21#41#61#81#101200020052010201520202025#47#1062021 overtook Tajikistan2024 overtook Kosovo
South AfricaMaldivesSão Tomé and PríncipeCyprusTonga

Real annual global ranks, 2000 - 2025. South Africa climbed from #47 to #106 (overtook Tajikistan). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for South Africa ↓

Key Events — South Africa

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2009
Global crisis recession curated

First recession in 17 years.

2014
Fell 15 places in global rank auto
2015
Fell 21 places in global rank auto
2015
Credit rating downgrades curated

Fiscal and growth concerns trigger rating cuts.

2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Deepest contraction in a century.

2021
Overtook Tajikistan in global rank auto
2021
Climbed 18 places in global rank auto
2022
Fell 22 places in global rank auto

Bank Capital Adequacy Ratio, 2008-2024

IMF Financial Soundness Indicators · % of risk-weighted assets · linear scale · ranking in the race above
2008201320182023202413.0214.7116.4118.11

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