Bank return on assets (%, before tax) in Albania
Albania: Bank return on assets (%, before tax) was 1.3% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank return on assets in Albania, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, before tax.
Analysis
Albania recorded 1.3% for bank return on assets in 2021.
The figure is up 13.7% on the previous year and up 32.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on assets in Albania peaked at 2.3% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2015.
That places Albania 77th out of 168 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Bank return on assets (%, before tax) in Albania, year by year
| Year | %, before tax | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.3% | — |
| 2001 | 1.2% | -47.6% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | -18.4% |
| 2003 | 1.5% | +51.4% |
| 2004 | 1.2% | -20.3% |
| 2005 | 2.1% | +75.2% |
| 2006 | 1.6% | -20.4% |
| 2007 | 2.0% | +23.4% |
| 2008 | 1.7% | -17.4% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | -29.9% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 1.0% | -14.5% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | -37.2% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | +44.1% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -78.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | +286.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | +27.7% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | -27.9% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | +77.6% |
| 2020 | 1.2% | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 1.3% | +13.7% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 1.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.4%, 99% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Albania's 1.3% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.0%, 1.4× the median. (50 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bank return on assets (%, before tax) in Albania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +286.4% | 0.2% | 0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.6% | 1.0% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.2% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Albania
More financial sector data for Albania
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 15.16 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 11.07 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 15.16 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on assets in Albania?
- Bank return on assets in Albania was 1.3% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on assets recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 2.3% in 2000.
- What is the lowest bank return on assets recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2015.
- How does Albania rank for bank return on assets?
- Albania ranks 77th out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on assets rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD), published as part of Bank return on assets (%, before tax). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 22 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Raw data are from Bankscope. Data10270[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.