Note 24: Regulatory Matters (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Total capital \| Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.
Actual Capital Amount	$ 651,469	$ 597,177
Actual Capital Ratio	14.40%	14.10%
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy	$ 360,826	$ 339,649
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy to Risk Weighted Assets	8.00%	8.00%
Total capital \| Great Southern Bank
Actual Capital Amount	$ 599,509	$ 558,668
Actual Capital Ratio	13.30%	13.20%
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy	$ 360,767	$ 339,575
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy to Risk Weighted Assets	8.00%	8.00%
Capital Required to be Well Capitalized	$ 450,959	$ 424,468
Capital Required to be Well Capitalized to Risk Weighted Assets	10.00%	10.00%
Tier I capital \| Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.
Actual Capital Amount	$ 538,060	$ 485,685
Actual Capital Ratio	11.90%	11.40%
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy	$ 270,619	$ 254,737
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy to Risk Weighted Assets	6.00%	6.00%
Tier I capital \| Great Southern Bank
Actual Capital Amount	$ 561,100	$ 522,176
Actual Capital Ratio	12.40%	12.30%
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy	$ 270,575	$ 254,681
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy to Risk Weighted Assets	6.00%	6.00%
Capital Required to be Well Capitalized	$ 360,767	$ 339,575
Capital Required to be Well Capitalized to Risk Weighted Assets	8.00%	8.00%
Tier I leverage capital \| Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.
Actual Capital Amount	$ 538,060	$ 485,685
Actual Capital Ratio	11.70%	10.90%
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy	$ 184,088	$ 177,881
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy to Risk Weighted Assets	4.00%	4.00%
Tier I leverage capital \| Great Southern Bank
Actual Capital Amount	$ 561,100	$ 522,176
Actual Capital Ratio	12.20%	11.70%
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy	$ 184,050	$ 177,844
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy to Risk Weighted Assets	4.00%	4.00%
Capital Required to be Well Capitalized	$ 230,062	$ 222,305
Capital Required to be Well Capitalized to Risk Weighted Assets	5.00%	5.00%
Common equity Tier I capital \| Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.
Actual Capital Amount	$ 513,060	$ 460,661
Actual Capital Ratio	11.40%	10.90%
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy	$ 202,965	$ 191,053
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy to Risk Weighted Assets	4.50%	4.50%
Common equity Tier I capital \| Great Southern Bank
Actual Capital Amount	$ 561,100	$ 522,152
Actual Capital Ratio	12.40%	12.30%
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy	$ 202,931	$ 191,011
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy to Risk Weighted Assets	4.50%	4.50%
Capital Required to be Well Capitalized	$ 293,123	$ 275,904
Capital Required to be Well Capitalized to Risk Weighted Assets	6.50%	6.50%

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