El Salvador: Return on equity

For that indicator, we provide data for El Salvador from 2000 to 2021. The average value for El Salvador during that period was 12.64 percent with a minimum of 5.37 percent in 2009 and a maximum of 19.12 percent in 2006. The latest value from 2021 is 10.05 percent. For comparison, the world average in 2021 based on 136 countries is 13.44 percent. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: Commercial banks’ pre-tax income to yearly averaged equity. The numerator and denominator are first aggregated on the country level before division. Note that banks used in the calculation might differ between indicators. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope.