Bank pre-tax ROE rose 2.90% yoy to 17.5% in Panama in 2Q2024, according to the National Central Bank. This is 3.68% more than in the previous quarter.
Historically, bank pre-tax ROE in Panama reached an all time high of 19.3% in 2Q2008 and an all time low of 6.44% in 4Q2020.
Panama has been ranked 30th within the group of 78 countries we follow in terms of bank pre-tax ROE, 10 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Pre-Tax Return on Equity (Pre-Tax ROE) | Unit | Sep 2019 | Dec 2019 | Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Sep 2020 | Dec 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | Sep 2021 | Dec 2021 | Mar 2022 | Jun 2022 | Sep 2022 | Dec 2022 | Mar 2023 | Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| Belize | % | 16.4% | 16.9% | 15.1% | 15.1% | 14.7% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Brazil | % | 12.3% | 13.1% | 13.3% | 13.7% | 14.3% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Colombia | % | 11.9% | 8.61% | 7.28% | 7.04% | 7.79% | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | % | 2.59% | 4.39% | 4.52% | 3.80% | 5.76% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | % | 14.5% | 14.2% | 13.6% | 13.2% | 11.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | 19.9% | 19.4% | 18.3% | 16.2% | 19.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | % | 13.7% | 14.7% | 14.1% | 13.4% | 12.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 18.6% | 18.9% | 18.6% | 18.5% | 18.1% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | % | 15.0% | 14.4% | 14.2% | 13.4% | 3.41% | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | % | 14.7% | 17.0% | 16.8% | 16.4% | 16.9% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Peru | % | 16.2% | 15.5% | 14.5% | 13.0% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 14.5% | 13.5% | 13.2% | 11.4% | 11.2% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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