New Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey, 2012

The Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey, carried out by the World Bank, is a unique source of comparable world-wide data on how banks are regulated and supervised around the world. The current survey provides information on bank regulation and supervision for 143 jurisdictions. It covers data since 2008, and therefore allows to examine the recent state of bank regulation and supervision in a wide range of countries and compare it to the pre-crisis situation. The current version of the survey is an updated and substantially expanded version of earlier surveys, released by the in 2001, 2003, and 2007 (see below for results from the earlier surveys). The current fourth round of the survey started in 2011 and was completed in 2012, and can be found here.    A recently published working paper making use of the 2012 database can be found here.

Archival versions of the Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey and databases

• 2007 Database (revised June 2008)
• 2003 Database by section
• 2003 Database by country
• Original Database by section
• Original Database by country

References:

Bank regulation and supervision around the world: a crisis update, by Martin Cihak, Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Maria Soledad Martinez Peria, and Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 6286, December 2012.

Bank regulation and supervision: what works best?, by James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio, Jr., and Ross Levine, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 2725, November 2001

This paper draws lessons from the data base on key regulatory issues for emerging markets with different initial conditions. Updated - December 2001 edition. (click here for paper's appendices, pdf file 362kb)

The regulation and supervision of banks around the world - a new database, by James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio, Jr. and Ross Levine. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 2588, April 2001

Rethinking Bank Regulations: Till Angels Govern, James Barth, Gerard Caprio, and Ross Levine, World Bank, 2003.

2007 Database:
What are regulatory and supervisory practices around the world on the eve of Basel II implementation? How has bank regulation and supervision changed over the past decade? The third update of the Bank Regulation and Supervision Database helps answer these and many other questions. Data for 143 countries for 2005/6 allow comparisons across countries and with the previous two rounds. The companion paper discusses changes in bank regulation and supervision over the past 10 years.

• 2007 database revised June 2008 (MS Excel file, 768kb)
• Bank Regulations are Changing: But For Better or Worse? revised June 2008 (pdf file, 209kb)

2003 Database:   Guide 

Complete 2003 database (MS Excel file,  833kb)

By section (MS Excel files)

 By country (MS Excel file, 30 - 150kb)

Albania Algeria Anguilla Antigua Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia Botswana Brazil British Virgin Is. Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central Africa Rep. Chad Chile

Colombia C.of Dominica Congo Costa Rica Cote d'ivoire Croatia Cyprus Czech Rep. Denmark Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eq. Guinea Estonia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Grenada Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Honduras

Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritius Mexico Moldova

Montserrat Morocco Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda St. Kitts St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa  (Western) Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia

Seychelles Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Taiwan, China Tajikistan Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks & Caicos Is. Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Vanuatu Venezuela Zimbabwe

 2003 Original Database:  Banking survey (MS Excel file, 832kb)

Complete database 1998-2000 (MS Excel file, 483kb)

By section (MS Excel files)

 Original Database by country ( MS Excel files, 40kb each)