Bank capital adequacy ratio fell 0.202% to 19.5% in Nicaragua in 2020, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank capital adequacy ratio in Nicaragua reached an all time high of 19.5% in 2019 and an all time low of 12.9% in 2013. When compared to Nicaragua's main peers, bank capital adequacy ratio in Costa Rica amounted to 16.8%, 15.4% in El Salvador, 14.5% in Honduras and 17.7% in Mexico in 2020.
Nicaragua has been ranked 50th within the group of 117 countries we follow in terms of bank capital adequacy ratio, 12 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Bank Capital Adequacy Ratio | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Belize | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Costa Rica | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.2% | 16.4% | 16.5% | 16.7% | 17.5% | ... | |||||||||||
El Salvador | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.2% | 17.3% | 16.8% | 17.9% | 16.0% | ||||||||||||
Guatemala | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.1% | 14.9% | 15.9% | 15.9% | 16.4% | ||||||||||||
Honduras | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.4% | 14.1% | 14.0% | 13.8% | 14.1% | |||||||||||
Mexico | % | 15.0% | 14.9% | 15.6% | 15.9% | 16.0% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Nicaragua | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.0% | 13.5% | 13.8% | 17.0% | 19.5% | ... | ||||||||
Panama | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.9% | 15.3% | 16.0% | 15.7% | 15.2% | ||||||||||||
USA | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.1% | 14.2% | 14.5% | 14.8% | 14.7% |