Bank cost to assets fell 7.95% to 5.09% in Costa Rica in 2015, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank cost to assets in Costa Rica reached an all time high of 6.94% in 2010 and an all time low of 5.09% in 2015. When compared to Costa Rica's main peers, bank cost to assets in Guatemala amounted to 4.17%, 5.20% in Honduras, 5.74% in Nicaragua and 1.79% in Panama in 2015.
Costa Rica has been ranked 14th within the group of 64 countries we follow in terms of bank cost to assets, 14 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Cost to Assets | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Belize | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.34% | 3.88% | ||
| Colombia | % | ... | ... | ... | 3.31% | 3.40% | 3.33% | 3.36% | 3.24% | |||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.07% | 4.86% | 4.69% | 4.99% | 4.74% | ||||||||||
| El Salvador | % | ... | ... | ... | 2.07% | 3.63% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.04% | 3.88% | 3.57% | 3.68% | 3.43% | ... | ... | |||||||
| Honduras | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.52% | 6.62% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 3.64% | 3.68% | 3.85% | 3.94% | 3.80% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.91% | 5.89% | 5.76% | 4.92% | 4.71% | |||||||||
| Panama | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.80% | 1.84% | 1.85% | 1.86% | 1.63% | ||||||||||||
| USA | % | 2.62% | 2.63% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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