Banks' risk-weighted assets rose 5.58% yoy to SVC 12.7 bil in El Salvador in 4Q2016, according to the National Central Bank. This is 2.19% more than in the previous quarter.
Historically, banks' risk-weighted assets in El Salvador reached an all time high of SVC 12.7 bil in 4Q2016 and an all time low of SVC 9.02 bil in 3Q2010. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, banks' risk-weighted assets in Costa Rica amounted to CRC 22,204 bil, GTQ 175 bil in Guatemala, HNL 308 bil in Honduras and NIO 186 bil in Nicaragua in 4Q2016.
El Salvador has been ranked 86th within the group of 92 countries we follow in terms of banks' risk-weighted assets, 86 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Banks' Risk-Weighted Assets (Local Currency) | Unit | Sep 2016 | Dec 2016 | Mar 2017 | Jun 2017 | Sep 2017 | Dec 2017 | Mar 2018 | Jun 2018 | Sep 2018 | Dec 2018 | Mar 2019 | Jun 2019 | Sep 2019 | Dec 2019 | Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Sep 2020 | Dec 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | Sep 2021 |
| Belize | BZD bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Costa Rica | CRC bil | 25,701 | 25,692 | 26,547 | 26,472 | 26,545 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | SVC bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Guatemala | GTQ bil | 228 | 231 | 230 | 236 | 240 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | HNL bil | 431 | 436 | 432 | 434 | 443 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | MXN bil | 6,999 | 7,032 | 6,881 | 6,755 | 6,616 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | NIO bil | 178 | 169 | 169 | 177 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Panama | PAB bil | 82.4 | 80.5 | 79.6 | 80.0 | 78.6 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | USD bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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