Bank return on equity in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Bank return on equity was 11.8% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank return on equity in Costa Rica, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, before tax.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 11.8% for bank return on equity in 2021.
That represents a change of up 47.1% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on equity in Costa Rica peaked at 25.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 8.0%, in 2020.
That places Costa Rica 89th 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 equity in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | %, before tax | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 25.4% | — |
| 2001 | 17.9% | -29.6% |
| 2002 | 16.5% | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 18.2% | +10.4% |
| 2004 | 20.0% | +9.9% |
| 2005 | 22.3% | +11.7% |
| 2006 | 22.1% | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 19.6% | -10.9% |
| 2008 | 20.3% | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 9.3% | -54.2% |
| 2010 | 11.7% | +25.0% |
| 2011 | 12.3% | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 13.0% | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 9.3% | -28.5% |
| 2014 | 10.0% | +8.1% |
| 2015 | 12.2% | +22.0% |
| 2016 | 14.3% | +16.4% |
| 2017 | 9.0% | -37.1% |
| 2018 | 9.0% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 10.7% | +19.1% |
| 2020 | 8.0% | -25.4% |
| 2021 | 11.8% | +47.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.2% | 9.3% | 25.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.1% | 9.0% | 14.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.9% | 8.0% | 11.8% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Costa Rica
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 5.79 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 289.83 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 0.4016 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 0 SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 0 SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 11.97 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 12.48 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 12.48 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 12.48 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 2,421 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on equity in Costa Rica?
- Bank return on equity in Costa Rica was 11.8% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on equity recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 25.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest bank return on equity recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.0% in 2020.
- How does Costa Rica rank for bank return on equity?
- Costa Rica ranks 89th out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on equity rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. 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 equity (%, before tax). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Raw data are from Bankscope. Data10270[t] / ((data2055[t] + data2055[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.