Total assets of banking sector in Euro area 2002-2017

This statistic illustrates the value development of assets (financial assets when available, otherwise total assets) for all banking institutions in the Euro area (Eurozone) from 2002 to 2017. It can be seen that the total assets of Euro area banking corporations increased overall during this period, from a value of more than 21.5 trillion U.S. dollars in 2002 to a total value of over 34.8 trillion U.S. dollars as of 2017. Although this was the case, the largest value recorded in the period under observation was found in the year 2011, when Eurozone banking institutions held assets totaling nearly 38.7 trillion U.S. dollars.