Bank capital to assets ratio in El Salvador
El Salvador: Bank capital to assets ratio was 8.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Bank capital to assets ratio in El Salvador, 2008–2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2023, bank capital to assets ratio in El Salvador stood at 8.5%. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and down 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank capital to assets ratio in El Salvador peaked at 10.2% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 8.5%, in 2023.
El Salvador ranks 77th of 133 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Bank capital to assets ratio in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 8.8% | — |
| 2009 | 9.6% | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 9.4% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 10.2% | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 10.2% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 10.2% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 10.1% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 10.1% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10.2% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 10.0% | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 9.6% | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 9.2% | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 8.8% | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 8.9% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 8.8% | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 8.5% | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.2% | 8.8% | 9.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 9.9% | 9.2% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.8% | 8.5% | 8.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More development goals data for El Salvador
- Red List Index 0.8269 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 1,133 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 609.19 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 49 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 49 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 49 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 8 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 8 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 8 (2025)
- Infant deaths 875 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank capital to assets ratio in El Salvador?
- Bank capital to assets ratio in El Salvador was 8.5% in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest bank capital to assets ratio recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 10.2% in 2012.
- What is the lowest bank capital to assets ratio recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.5% in 2023.
- How does El Salvador rank for bank capital to assets ratio?
- El Salvador ranks 77th out of 133 countries with data for 2023.
- Is bank capital to assets ratio rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Bank capital to assets ratio (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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