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CodeGFDD.EI.07
Indicator NameBank cost to income ratio (%)
Short definitionOperating expenses of a bank as a share of sum of net-interest revenue and other operating income.
Long definitionOperating expenses of a bank as a share of sum of net-interest revenue and other operating income. Raw data are from Bankscope and Orbis. The formula applied to Bankscope is data2090 / (data2080 + data2085) and a comparable approach is applied to Orbis. All Numerator and denominator are first aggregated on the country level before division. Note that banks used in the calculation might differ between indicators. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope and Orbis. The result is not reported if a country-year has less than 3 bank-level observations.
SourceBankscope (2000-14) and Orbis (2015-21), Bureau van Dijk (BvD)
TopicEfficiency
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