El Salvador vs Malaysia: Bank Z-score

El Salvador
20.57
in 2021
Malaysia
20.72
in 2021
El Salvador rank
47th
Malaysia rank
45th

Bank Z-score over time

  • El Salvador
  • Malaysia
0102030200020102021

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 20.72 against 20.57 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.15.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Malaysia ahead.

El Salvador ranks 47th and Malaysia ranks 45th of 170 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Malaysia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Malaysia Difference Ahead
2000s 19.59 14.95 4.64 El Salvador
2010s 23.66 18.98 4.68 El Salvador
2020s 20.08 20.56 0.4842 Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher bank z-score, El Salvador or Malaysia?
Malaysia, at 20.72 against 20.57 in El Salvador as of 2021.
What is the difference in bank z-score between El Salvador and Malaysia?
0.15, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Malaysia?
22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do El Salvador and Malaysia rank globally for bank z-score?
El Salvador ranks 47th and Malaysia ranks 45th of 170 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD), published as Bank Z-score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Bank Z-score
Source
Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
170 places, 3,302 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed

It captures the probability of default of a country's banking system. Z-score compares the buffer of a country's banking system (capitalization and returns) with the volatility of those returns. It is estimated as (ROA+(equity/assets))/sd(ROA); sd(ROA) is the standard deviation of ROA. ROA, equity, and assets are country-level aggregate figures Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope.