Bank return on assets in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Bank return on assets was 0.6% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank return on assets in Bangladesh, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, after tax.
Analysis
In 2021, bank return on assets in Bangladesh stood at 0.6%.
That represents a change of down 5.4% on the previous year and down 69.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on assets in Bangladesh peaked at 2.8% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2016.
Bangladesh ranks 137th of 168 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Bank return on assets in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | %, after tax | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.3% | — |
| 2001 | 1.7% | +33.3% |
| 2002 | 1.8% | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | -40.1% |
| 2004 | 1.7% | +54.0% |
| 2005 | 1.3% | -22.3% |
| 2006 | 1.7% | +26.4% |
| 2007 | 1.8% | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 1.4% | -24.6% |
| 2009 | 2.2% | +62.7% |
| 2010 | 2.8% | +27.4% |
| 2011 | 1.9% | -31.6% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | -59.2% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | +103.2% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | -32.6% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | -10.3% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -38.9% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | +33.1% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | -11.6% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | -5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.6% | 1.1% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 0.6% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More financial sector data for Bangladesh
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 162,369 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 62.51 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 9.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 16.07 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 1.46 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 17.51 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 19.39 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 20.86 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 20.86 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 118.71 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on assets in Bangladesh?
- Bank return on assets in Bangladesh was 0.6% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on assets recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2010.
- What is the lowest bank return on assets recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2016.
- How does Bangladesh rank for bank return on assets?
- Bangladesh ranks 137th out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on assets rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD), published as part of Bank return on assets (%, after tax). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Raw data are from Bankscope. Data2115[t] / ((data2025[t] + data2025[t-1])/2). 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.