Net Interest Margin (As % of Total Bank Assets) fell 4.78% to 4.58% in Costa Rica in 2017

Net interest margin as a percentage of bank assets fell 4.78% to 4.58% in Costa Rica in 2017, according to the National Central Bank.

Historically, net interest margin as a percentage of bank assets in Costa Rica reached an all time high of 7.00% in 2008 and an all time low of 4.58% in 2017. When compared to Costa Rica's main peers, net interest margin as a percentage of bank assets in Guatemala amounted to 4.67%, 5.39% in Honduras, 6.90% in Nicaragua and 2.37% in Panama in 2017.

Costa Rica has been ranked 22nd within the group of 73 countries we follow in terms of net interest margin as a percentage of bank assets, 22 places below the position seen 10 years ago.