Net interest margin as a percentage of bank assets fell 10.6% to 2.03% in Hungary in 2017, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, net interest margin as a percentage of bank assets in Hungary reached an all time high of 4.21% in 1998 and an all time low of 2.03% in 2017. When compared to Hungary's main peers, net interest margin as a percentage of bank assets in Austria amounted to 0.988%, 1.71% in Czech Republic, 2.44% in Poland and 2.32% in Slovakia in 2017.
Hungary has been ranked 54th within the group of 73 countries we follow in terms of net interest margin as a percentage of bank assets, 24 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Net Interest Margin (As % of Total Bank Assets) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Austria | % | 0.988% | 1.86% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Czechia | % | 1.71% | 1.80% | 1.96% | 1.63% | 1.61% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 0.990% | 1.03% | 0.973% | 0.899% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 2.03% | 2.84% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 1.30% | 1.33% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 2.44% | 2.51% | 2.52% | 2.17% | 1.89% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | ... | 3.42% | ... | 3.54% | 3.37% | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Slovakia | % | 2.32% | 2.36% | 2.24% | 1.95% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 0.739% | 0.721% | 0.703% | 0.601% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | ... | ... | 4.02% | 5.38% | 5.91% | 5.05% | 6.10% | ... | ... |
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