Bank return on assets in China (People’s Republic of)
China (People’s Republic of): Bank return on assets was 0.9% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Bank return on assets in China (People’s Republic of), 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, after tax.
Analysis
In 2021, bank return on assets in China (People’s Republic of) stood at 0.9%.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on assets in China (People’s Republic of) peaked at 1.3% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2003.
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 107th of 168 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Bank return on assets in China (People’s Republic of), year by year
| Year | %, after tax | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.4% | — |
| 2001 | 0.4% | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | +122.8% |
| 2007 | 1.3% | +18.7% |
| 2008 | 1.0% | -20.6% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | +13.7% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | -44.0% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | +70.7% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | -9.9% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -9.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for China (People’s Republic of)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate -0.1486 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.1258 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 1,743 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate -0.1047 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 1,778 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 3.29 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 1,946 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate 3.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,944 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 2.73 trillion SDR (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on assets in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Bank return on assets in China (People’s Republic of) was 0.9% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on assets recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 2007.
- What is the lowest bank return on assets recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2003.
- How does China (People’s Republic of) rank for bank return on assets?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 107th out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on assets rising or falling in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China (People’s Republic of) 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.