Bank return on assets in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Bank return on assets was 1.4% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank return on assets in Costa Rica, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, before tax.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 1.4% for bank return on assets in 2021.
That represents a change of up 43.9% on the previous year and down 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on assets in Costa Rica peaked at 2.6% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2020.
That places Costa Rica 74th out of 168 countries with data for 2021, putting it 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 Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | %, before tax | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.6% | — |
| 2001 | 2.0% | -23.0% |
| 2002 | 1.9% | -6.9% |
| 2003 | 2.1% | +11.9% |
| 2004 | 2.2% | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 2.3% | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 2.4% | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | -8.1% |
| 2008 | 2.3% | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | -53.0% |
| 2010 | 1.4% | +31.1% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 1.6% | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | -30.4% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | +14.0% |
| 2016 | 1.6% | +24.0% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | -35.2% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | +24.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -25.6% |
| 2021 | 1.4% | +43.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.1% | 1.1% | 2.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Costa Rica
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 10.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 15.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.1163 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 2,323 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 14.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 2,421 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 14.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 2,421 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on assets in Costa Rica?
- Bank return on assets in Costa Rica was 1.4% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on assets recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 2.6% in 2000.
- What is the lowest bank return on assets recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2020.
- How does Costa Rica rank for bank return on assets?
- Costa Rica ranks 74th out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on assets rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD), published as part of Bank return on assets (%, before tax). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Raw data are from Bankscope. Data10270[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.