Bank return on assets in El Salvador
El Salvador: Bank return on assets was 1.0% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank return on assets in El Salvador, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, after tax.
Analysis
In 2021, bank return on assets in El Salvador stood at 1.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 39.9% on the previous year and down 56.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on assets in El Salvador peaked at 2.2% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2009.
El Salvador ranks 94th 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 return on assets in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | %, after tax | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.9% | — |
| 2001 | 1.0% | +19.2% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 1.9% | +67.6% |
| 2007 | 1.4% | -26.6% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | -16.9% |
| 2009 | 0.5% | -52.0% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | +125.3% |
| 2011 | 2.2% | +79.1% |
| 2012 | 1.9% | -12.4% |
| 2013 | 1.9% | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 1.5% | -22.7% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | -11.0% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -57.6% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +15.5% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | +19.1% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -15.1% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | +39.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.1% | 0.5% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 0.6% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for El Salvador
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 3,882 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.6732 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 5.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 2.03 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 185.32 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 3.17 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 3.33 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 3.52 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 3.51 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 552.09 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on assets in El Salvador?
- Bank return on assets in El Salvador was 1.0% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on assets recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2% in 2011.
- What is the lowest bank return on assets recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2009.
- How does El Salvador rank for bank return on assets?
- El Salvador ranks 94th out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on assets rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD), published as part of Bank return on assets (%, after tax). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Raw data are from Bankscope. Data2115[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.