Bank return on assets (%, before tax) in Croatia
Croatia: Bank return on assets (%, before tax) was 1.4% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank return on assets in Croatia, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, before tax.
Analysis
In 2021, bank return on assets in Croatia stood at 1.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 77.7% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on assets in Croatia peaked at 1.8% in 2002 and was at its lowest, -0.7%, in 2015.
Croatia ranks 72nd of 168 countries on this measure, 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 Croatia, year by year
| Year | %, before tax | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.6% | — |
| 2001 | 1.1% | -33.2% |
| 2002 | 1.8% | +68.2% |
| 2003 | 1.7% | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 1.7% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 1.6% | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 1.3% | -15.8% |
| 2007 | 1.8% | +35.1% |
| 2008 | 1.4% | -22.3% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | -12.9% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | -9.8% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | -22.4% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | -77.7% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +167.2% |
| 2015 | -0.7% | -223.2% |
| 2016 | 1.6% | -349.3% |
| 2017 | 1.1% | -34.7% |
| 2018 | 1.4% | +32.0% |
| 2019 | 1.6% | +13.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | -51.9% |
| 2021 | 1.4% | +77.7% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 1.4% is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.0%, 1.4× the median. (63 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 1.4% 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 Croatia 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 | +349.3% | -0.7% | 1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | -0.7% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Croatia
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate -2.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 12.53 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 9.15 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate -2.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 12.53 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on assets in Croatia?
- Bank return on assets in Croatia was 1.4% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on assets recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 2002.
- What is the lowest bank return on assets recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.7% in 2015.
- How does Croatia rank for bank return on assets?
- Croatia ranks 72nd out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on assets rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Croatia 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.