Bank return on assets (%, before tax) in Curacao
Curacao: Bank return on assets (%, before tax) was 1.3% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank return on assets in Curacao, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, before tax.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bank return on assets in Curacao is 1.3%, measured in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 171.2% on the previous year and down 52.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on assets in Curacao peaked at 3.1% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2017.
That places Curacao 82nd 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 20 years of available data.
Bank return on assets (%, before tax) in Curacao, year by year
| Year | %, before tax | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.0% | — |
| 2003 | 2.4% | +20.7% |
| 2004 | 1.5% | -39.2% |
| 2005 | 3.1% | +114.8% |
| 2006 | 2.1% | -31.3% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | -32.0% |
| 2008 | 1.4% | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 2.2% | +52.9% |
| 2010 | 2.4% | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 2.6% | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 1.9% | -26.3% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | -31.2% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 1.7% | +19.3% |
| 2016 | 1.5% | -9.8% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | -96.0% |
| 2018 | 1.9% | +3184.6% |
| 2019 | 1.6% | -17.5% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -71.1% |
| 2021 | 1.3% | +171.2% |
Curacao compared with similar countries
- Curacao's 1.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.0%, 1.3× the median. (63 countries reporting)
- Curacao's 1.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.6%, 77% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bank return on assets (%, before tax) in Curacao 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +3184.6% | 0.1% | 1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.0% | 1.4% | 3.1% | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 0.1% | 2.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 1.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
More financial sector data for Curacao
- Net migration, annual growth rate -8.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Net migration 470 (2025)
- Official exchange rate 1.79 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- GDP deflator: linked series 133.65 base year varies by country (2024)
- Inflation, GDP deflator: linked series 3.3% (2024)
- GDP deflator: linked series (base year varies by country), annual 3.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Reserve assets 1.32 billion US dollar (2021)
- Banking crisis dummy 0 1=banking crisis, 0=none (2017)
- Total assets, Adjusted using IMF accounting records 7.43 billion US dollar (2021)
- Consumer price index 115.53 2010 = 100 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on assets in Curacao?
- Bank return on assets in Curacao was 1.3% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on assets recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 3.1% in 2005.
- What is the lowest bank return on assets recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2017.
- How does Curacao rank for bank return on assets?
- Curacao ranks 82nd out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on assets rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Curacao 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.