Bank pre-tax ROE fell 21.3% to 12.8% in Guatemala in 2024, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank pre-tax ROE in Guatemala reached an all time high of 18.6% in 2022 and an all time low of 12.0% in 2018. When compared to Guatemala's main peers, bank pre-tax ROE in Belize amounted to 18.4%, 12.6% in El Salvador, 11.8% in Honduras and 14.5% in Nicaragua in 2024.
Guatemala has been ranked 57th within the group of 89 countries we follow in terms of bank pre-tax ROE, 22 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Pre-Tax Return on Equity (Pre-Tax ROE) | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Belize | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.2% | 14.1% | 6.55% | 9.39% | 7.47% | |||
| Costa Rica | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.42% | 6.77% | 4.49% | 5.97% | 7.39% | ... | |||||||||||
| El Salvador | % | ... | 7.78% | 9.08% | 6.91% | 11.5% | 13.0% | |||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.0% | 14.2% | 15.3% | 15.2% | 18.6% | |||||||||||
| Honduras | % | ... | ... | 11.4% | 12.1% | 7.16% | 10.7% | 13.6% | ||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 16.0% | 15.5% | 8.96% | 14.6% | 17.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.5% | 7.19% | 5.97% | 9.88% | 11.2% | ||||||||||||
| USA | % | 12.2% | 11.5% | 7.34% | 12.3% | 12.1% | ... |
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