Bank return on assets in Guatemala
Guatemala: Bank return on assets was 1.9% in 2021. β² Rising
Bank return on assets in Guatemala, 2000β2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, before tax.
Analysis
In 2021, bank return on assets in Guatemala stood at 1.9%.
That represents a change of up 22.0% on the previous year and down 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on assets in Guatemala peaked at 2.3% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2001.
Guatemala ranks 42nd of 167 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.4% | 0.5% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 1.5% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
More financial sector data for Guatemala
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 25,214 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 3.82 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 13.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 14.65 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 1.34 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 22.00 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 22.58 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 23.92 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 23.90 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,279 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on assets in Guatemala?
- Bank return on assets in Guatemala was 1.9% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on assets recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 2.3% in 2011.
- What is the lowest bank return on assets recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2001.
- How does Guatemala rank for bank return on assets?
- Guatemala ranks 42nd out of 167 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on assets rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guatemala 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.