Bank return on assets in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Bank return on assets was 1.0% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank return on assets in Bangladesh, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, before tax.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 1.0% for bank return on assets in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is down 12.3% on the previous year and down 72.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on assets in Bangladesh peaked at 4.5% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2021.
That places Bangladesh 118th 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 Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | %, before tax | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.9% | — |
| 2001 | 2.7% | +37.8% |
| 2002 | 3.1% | +17.9% |
| 2003 | 2.4% | -22.6% |
| 2004 | 2.7% | +12.1% |
| 2005 | 2.5% | -8.4% |
| 2006 | 2.9% | +17.9% |
| 2007 | 3.6% | +22.8% |
| 2008 | 2.8% | -22.5% |
| 2009 | 4.0% | +40.8% |
| 2010 | 4.5% | +15.0% |
| 2011 | 3.5% | -23.3% |
| 2012 | 2.2% | -38.0% |
| 2013 | 2.5% | +18.0% |
| 2014 | 1.8% | -29.0% |
| 2015 | 1.5% | -14.6% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | -25.5% |
| 2017 | 1.4% | +17.9% |
| 2018 | 1.3% | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | -12.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.9% | 1.9% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 1.1% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 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 1.0% 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 4.5% in 2010.
- What is the lowest bank return on assets recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2021.
- How does Bangladesh rank for bank return on assets?
- Bangladesh ranks 118th 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 72.3%. 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 (%, 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.