Bank overhead costs to total assets in Panama
Panama: Bank overhead costs to total assets was 2.3% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Panama, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
Panama recorded 2.3% for bank overhead costs to total assets in 2021.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank overhead costs to total assets in Panama peaked at 3.8% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 2014.
Panama ranks 81st of 168 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Bank overhead costs to total assets in Panama, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.1% | — |
| 2001 | 2.1% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 2.1% | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 2.9% | +41.2% |
| 2004 | 2.6% | -11.2% |
| 2005 | 2.5% | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 3.1% | +20.5% |
| 2007 | 3.4% | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 3.8% | +10.2% |
| 2009 | 2.8% | -26.3% |
| 2010 | 2.2% | -22.4% |
| 2011 | 2.3% | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 1.7% | -24.6% |
| 2013 | 2.0% | +13.4% |
| 2014 | 1.7% | -15.3% |
| 2015 | 2.4% | +42.7% |
| 2016 | 2.5% | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 2.5% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 2.5% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 2.5% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 2.3% | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 2.3% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.7% | 2.1% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 1.7% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Panama
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 11,791 current LCU per person (2020)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.8872 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate -4.93 % change on previous year (2020)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 4.12 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 4.56 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 4.56 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 4.56 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 996.88 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate -13.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 996.88 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank overhead costs to total assets in Panama?
- Bank overhead costs to total assets in Panama was 2.3% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 3.8% in 2008.
- What is the lowest bank overhead costs to total assets recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 2014.
- How does Panama rank for bank overhead costs to total assets?
- Panama ranks 81st out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank overhead costs to total assets rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD), published as part of Bank overhead costs to total assets (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Raw data are from Bankscope. Data2090[t] / ((data2025[t] + data2025[t-1])/2). Numerator and denominator are first aggregated on the country level before division. Note that banks used in the calculation might differ between indicators. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope.