Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in El Salvador
El Salvador: Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets was 15.4% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in El Salvador, 2000–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in El Salvador stood at 15.4%.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and down 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in El Salvador peaked at 18.0% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 11.5%, in 2000.
That places El Salvador 115th out of 141 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11.5% | — |
| 2001 | 11.8% | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 12.2% | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 12.8% | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 13.4% | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 13.5% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 13.8% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 13.8% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 15.4% | +11.6% |
| 2009 | 16.9% | +9.7% |
| 2010 | 18.0% | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 17.5% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 17.5% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 17.7% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 17.0% | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 17.2% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 17.3% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 16.8% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 16.6% | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 16.0% | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 15.4% | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.5% | 11.5% | 16.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.2% | 16.0% | 18.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.4% | 15.4% | 15.4% | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in El Salvador?
- Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in El Salvador was 15.4% in 2020, according to Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 18.0% in 2010.
- What is the lowest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.5% in 2000.
- How does El Salvador rank for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets?
- El Salvador ranks 115th out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Reported by IMF staff. Note that due to differences in national accounting, taxation, and supervisory regimes, these data are not strictly comparable across countries.