Bank pre-tax ROA rose 49.5% yoy to 2.54% in El Salvador in 1Q2025, according to the National Central Bank. This is 43.3% more than in the previous quarter.
Historically, bank pre-tax ROA in El Salvador reached an all time high of 3.93% in 2Q2015 and an all time low of 0.467% in 4Q2009.
El Salvador has been ranked 17th within the group of 50 countries we follow in terms of bank pre-tax ROA, 24 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Pre-Tax Return on Assets (Pre-Tax ROA) | Unit | Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Sep 2020 | Dec 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | Sep 2021 | Dec 2021 | Mar 2022 | Jun 2022 | Sep 2022 | Dec 2022 | Mar 2023 | Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 |
| Belize | % | 2.49% | 2.50% | 2.52% | 2.45% | 2.66% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | % | 1.11% | 1.04% | 1.34% | 1.35% | 1.47% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | % | 2.01% | 1.94% | 1.70% | 1.87% | 1.82% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | 2.07% | 1.88% | 2.21% | 1.96% | 1.74% | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | % | 2.05% | 1.96% | 1.78% | 1.88% | 1.81% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 2.81% | 2.81% | 2.78% | 2.79% | 2.83% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | % | 3.23% | 3.08% | 0.784% | 1.64% | 2.47% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Panama | % | 1.91% | 1.87% | 1.94% | 2.08% | 1.98% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 1.51% | 1.31% | 1.31% | 1.37% | 1.36% | ... | ... |
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