Bank return on assets in Albania
Albania: Bank return on assets 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 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% |
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
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 558,173 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 49.07 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 8.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 4.20 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 382.72 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 5.67 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 5.90 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 6.28 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 6.27 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 2,667 SDR per person (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.
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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.