Bank tier 1 ratio rose 1.98% to 11.8% in Nicaragua in 2020, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank tier 1 ratio in Nicaragua reached an all time high of 11.8% in 2020 and an all time low of 8.45% in 2017. When compared to Nicaragua's main peers, bank tier 1 ratio in Costa Rica amounted to 13.3%, 12.5% in El Salvador, 9.57% in Honduras and 16.1% in Mexico in 2020.
Nicaragua has been ranked 105th within the group of 117 countries we follow in terms of bank tier 1 ratio, 12 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Tier 1 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 | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.6% | 12.2% | 12.7% | 13.0% | 13.7% | ... | ||||||||
| El Salvador | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.2% | 14.1% | 13.8% | 14.3% | 13.0% | ||||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.3% | 11.5% | 11.7% | 11.9% | 11.8% | ||||||||
| Honduras | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.5% | 9.86% | 9.44% | 9.03% | 8.75% | ||
| Mexico | % | 13.3% | 13.2% | 14.2% | 14.2% | 14.4% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.70% | 8.81% | 8.45% | 10.2% | 11.5% | ... | ||||||||
| Panama | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.3% | 16.3% | 17.0% | 16.9% | 16.4% | ||||||||||||
| USA | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.1% | 13.2% | 13.5% | 13.8% | 13.7% |
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