Banks' risk-weighted assets rose 6.36% to UYU 1,078 bil in Uruguay in 2020, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, banks' risk-weighted assets in Uruguay reached an all time high of UYU 1,078 bil in 2020 and an all time low of UYU 222 bil in 2008. When compared to Uruguay's main peers, banks' risk-weighted assets in Argentina amounted to ARS 61.8 bil, BRL 5,076 bil in Brazil, CLP 200,253 bil in Chile and PYG 96,117 bil in Paraguay in 2020.
Uruguay has been ranked 48th within the group of 87 countries we follow in terms of banks' risk-weighted assets, 13 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Banks' Risk-Weighted Assets (Local Currency) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Argentina | ARS bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.7 | 15.6 | 16.9 | 24.1 | 33.9 | |||||||||||
Bolivia | BOB bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 96.8 | 114 | 130 | 143 | 156 | ||||||
Brazil | BRL bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,980 | 4,152 | 3,880 | 3,845 | 4,107 | |||||||||||
Chile | CLP bil | 140,225 | 158,746 | 160,841 | 166,500 | 189,363 | ||||||||||||||||
Paraguay | PYG bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 58,519 | 67,831 | 67,563 | 72,080 | 83,878 | |||||||||||
Peru | PEN bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 289 | 330 | 340 | 357 | 401 | ||||||
Uruguay | UYU bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 524 | 644 | 664 | 658 | 744 | ||||||||
Venezuela | VEF bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |