Bank return on equity (ROE) fell 43.8% to 6.44% in Panama in 2020, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank return on equity (ROE) in Panama reached an all time high of 18.9% in 2008 and an all time low of 6.44% in 2020. When compared to Panama's main peers, bank return on equity (ROE) in Colombia amounted to 5.90%, 4.49% in Costa Rica, 11.7% in Honduras and 5.97% in Nicaragua in 2020.
Panama has been ranked 67th within the group of 115 countries we follow in terms of bank return on equity (ROE), 27 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Bank Return on Equity (ROE) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Belize | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31.0% | 34.6% | ... | ... | ... |
Brazil | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.5% | 11.3% | 13.9% | 14.5% | 18.0% | ... | |||||||||||
Colombia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.0% | 13.2% | 9.08% | 12.7% | 13.2% | ||||||||||||
Costa Rica | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.31% | 8.82% | 6.42% | 6.42% | 6.77% | ... | ||||||||
El Salvador | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.88% | 6.77% | 7.38% | 7.78% | 9.08% | |||||||
Guatemala | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 177% | 168% | 158% | 137% | 147% | ||||||||
Honduras | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.8% | 21.1% | 19.7% | 18.5% | 19.6% | |||||||||||
Mexico | % | 15.4% | 16.3% | 19.6% | 20.9% | 20.6% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Nicaragua | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20.3% | 21.6% | 19.6% | 10.5% | 7.19% | ... | |||||||
Panama | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.0% | 11.8% | 13.4% | 13.1% | 11.5% | |||||||||||
Peru | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21.2% | 19.3% | 17.7% | 17.9% | 18.0% | |||||||
USA | % | 9.71% | 9.65% | 9.02% | 12.2% | 11.5% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Venezuela | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |