Bank return on assets in Burundi
Burundi: Bank return on assets was 4.3% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Bank return on assets in Burundi, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, after tax.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bank return on assets in Burundi is 4.3%, measured in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.9% on the previous year and up 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on assets in Burundi peaked at 4.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2013.
Burundi ranks 3rd of 168 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Bank return on assets in Burundi, year by year
| Year | %, after tax | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.8% | — |
| 2001 | 3.1% | -18.3% |
| 2002 | 2.0% | -36.0% |
| 2003 | 1.5% | -24.2% |
| 2004 | 1.4% | -7.4% |
| 2005 | 2.5% | +75.6% |
| 2006 | 2.7% | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 1.9% | -31.3% |
| 2008 | 3.8% | +104.5% |
| 2009 | 3.3% | -13.9% |
| 2010 | 2.4% | -26.5% |
| 2011 | 3.6% | +50.6% |
| 2012 | 1.9% | -48.6% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | -40.7% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | +9.5% |
| 2016 | 1.7% | +39.7% |
| 2017 | 2.6% | +54.7% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 4.7% | +73.4% |
| 2020 | 4.4% | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 4.3% | -3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.6% | 1.4% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4.7% | 9 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 4.3% | 4.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 1 Syrian Arab Republic 8.7% compare
- 2 Sierra Leone 5.1% compare
- 4 Kazakhstan 3.8% compare
- 5 Angola 3.8% compare
- 6 Zimbabwe 3.5% compare
More financial sector data for Burundi
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 229,043 current LCU per person (2019)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 977.51 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 19.31 % change on previous year (2019)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 33,816 SDR (2023)
- Gold reserves at market value 1.49 million SDR (2023)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 54.09 million SDR (2023)
- Reserves excluding gold 65.86 million SDR (2023)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 67.34 million SDR (2023)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 67.35 million SDR (2023)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 4.92 SDR per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on assets in Burundi?
- Bank return on assets in Burundi was 4.3% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on assets recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 4.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest bank return on assets recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2013.
- How does Burundi rank for bank return on assets?
- Burundi ranks 3rd out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on assets rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi 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.