Middle income central banks have highest number of risk staff
But ratios of risk management employees to total headcount vary widely
Central banks from middle income jurisdictions have the highest average number of risk staff, data from the Risk Management Benchmarks 2026 shows.
Upper-middle income banks have the highest staffing at 28.2 individuals on average, followed by 18.6 in lower-middle income jurisdictions and 17.3 in high income jurisdictions. There was only one low income respondent, which did not supply a total staffing figure. Across all 39 respondents to this question, the average is 22.8 staff.
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