This statistic presents the debt to equity ratio of banking sectors in Europe as of December 2018, by country. Debt to equity ratio is an important measure to calculate a banks financial leverage. Debt to equity ratio is calculated by taking a companies total liabilities and dividing it by its stockholders equity. As of December 2018, The Danish banking sector had the highest debt to equity ratio in Europe with over 1.7 thousand percent.
Debt to equity ratio of banks in Europe as of December 2018, by country
The source added the following information; "Individual country data includes subsidiaries, which are excluded from EU aggregate. For example, at country level the subsidiary in country X of a bank domiciled in country Y is included both in data for countries X and Y (for the latter as part of the consolidated entity). In the EU aggregate, only the consolidated entity domiciled in country Y is considered. The sample of banks is unbalanced and reviewed annually."
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EBA. (March 29, 2019). Debt to equity ratio of banks in Europe as of December 2018, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/894971/debt-to-equity-ratio-of-banks-in-european-countries/
EBA. "Debt to equity ratio of banks in Europe as of December 2018, by country." Chart. March 29, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/894971/debt-to-equity-ratio-of-banks-in-european-countries/
EBA. (2019). Debt to equity ratio of banks in Europe as of December 2018, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/894971/debt-to-equity-ratio-of-banks-in-european-countries/
EBA. "Debt to Equity Ratio of Banks in Europe as of December 2018, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Mar 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/894971/debt-to-equity-ratio-of-banks-in-european-countries/
EBA, Debt to equity ratio of banks in Europe as of December 2018, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/894971/debt-to-equity-ratio-of-banks-in-european-countries/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Debt to equity ratio of banks in Europe as of December 2018, by country [Graph], EBA, March 29, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/894971/debt-to-equity-ratio-of-banks-in-european-countries/
