Debt ratio: banking sector leverage by country 2022

Of the major developed economies, Japan had the highest financial asset to equity ratio in its banking sector in 2022, amounting to 63 percent. Meanwhile, the United States registered the lowest ratio.

The financial asset to equity ratio is a measure of how leveraged a country's banking sector is. It is calculated by dividing the total financial securities of the banking sector, such as customer deposits and loans that have been made, by the market value of the sector's equity.

Financial asset to equity ratio of the banking sector in major advanced economies from 2000 to 2022

Characteristic	Germany*	France	United Kingdom	Japan	United States
2022	-	21.41%	58.91%	63.15%	9.81%
2021	21.29%	20.84%	54.3%	69.47%	8.86%
2020	20.86%	23.62%	54.88%	68.65%	9.22%
2019	20.31%	19.25%	47.52%	74.69%	6.62%
2018	21.44%	21.66%	46.21%	58.36%	7.13%
2017	19.91%	17.65%	47.03%	29.19%	6.74%
2016	20.67%	17.3%	46.69%	47.36%	6.34%
2015	19.81%	19.14%	43.19%	51.5%	6.91%
2014	19.19%	20.58%	49.02%	38.19%	6.85%
2013	19.27%	19.03%	51.64%	40.88%	6.86%
2012	20.1%	21.79%	57.48%	39.83%	7.11%
2011	22.11%	25.79%	65.84%	47.88%	7.87%
2010	20.95%	19.1%	70.85%	48.17%	7.23%
2009	23.32%	18.74%	74.41%	40.91%	7.58%
2008	30.68%	27.61%	103.25%	46.73%	8.89%
2007	17.72%	16.35%	68.67%	32.99%	6.31%
2006	17.43%	11.93%	56.52%	22.12%	5.03%
2005	19.46%	12.64%	52.34%	19.97%	5.2%
2004	22.61%	12.86%	45.1%	31.35%	4.86%
2003	22.16%	13.78%	33.42%	35.26%	5.44%
2002	25.32%	14.32%	29.26%	56.78%	6.16%
2001	18.9%	13.45%	26.64%	50.87%	5.88%
2000	17.43%	13.21%	24.4%	48.27%	5.64%

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