Net Interest Margin (As % of Total Bank Assets) rose 2.31% to 4.76% in Ecuador in 2017

Net interest margin as a percentage of bank assets rose 2.31% to 4.76% in Ecuador in 2017, according to the National Central Bank.

Historically, net interest margin as a percentage of bank assets in Ecuador reached an all time high of 6.49% in 2008 and an all time low of 4.43% in 2002. When compared to Ecuador's main peers, net interest margin as a percentage of bank assets in Brazil amounted to 5.39%, 4.59% in Colombia, 2.37% in Panama and 7.23% in Peru in 2017.

Ecuador has been ranked 18th within the group of 73 countries we follow in terms of net interest margin as a percentage of bank assets, 10 places below the position seen 10 years ago.