Bank return on assets (ROA) fell 54.0% to 0.668% in Panama in 2020, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank return on assets (ROA) in Panama reached an all time high of 2.99% in 2005 and an all time low of 0.668% in 2020. When compared to Panama's main peers, bank return on assets (ROA) in Colombia amounted to 0.964%, 1.04% in Costa Rica, 1.21% in Honduras and 1.47% in Nicaragua in 2020.
Panama has been ranked 78th within the group of 114 countries we follow in terms of bank return on assets (ROA), 45 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Bank Return on Assets (ROA) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Belize | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.85% | 4.34% | 2.21% | 0.923% | ||
Brazil | % | ... | ... | ... | 1.12% | 1.47% | 1.58% | 1.98% | 1.23% | |||||||||||||
Colombia | % | ... | ... | ... | 2.66% | 1.86% | 2.13% | 2.25% | 0.964% | |||||||||||||
Costa Rica | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.66% | 1.14% | 1.16% | 1.41% | 1.04% | ||||||||||
El Salvador | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.32% | 1.42% | 1.52% | 1.56% | 1.14% | ... | |||||||
Guatemala | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18.8% | 16.8% | 15.4% | 16.4% | 19.1% | |||||||||
Honduras | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.06% | 1.98% | 1.84% | 2.09% | 1.21% | ||||||||||||
Mexico | % | 1.69% | 2.05% | 2.20% | 2.22% | 1.19% | ||||||||||||||||
Nicaragua | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.44% | 3.18% | 1.92% | 1.71% | 1.47% | ||||||||||
Panama | % | ... | ... | ... | 1.33% | 1.62% | 1.61% | 1.45% | 0.668% | |||||||||||||
Peru | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.70% | 2.77% | 2.93% | 2.97% | 0.441% | ||||||||
USA | % | 1.50% | 1.52% | 1.67% | 1.60% | 0.931% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Venezuela | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |