Bank return on assets in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Bank return on assets was 1.5% in 2021. β² Rising
Bank return on assets in Ethiopia, 2000β2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, before tax.
Analysis
In 2021, bank return on assets in Ethiopia stood at 1.5%. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 32.1% on the previous year and down 63.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on assets in Ethiopia peaked at 6.7% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2021.
That places Ethiopia 63rd out of 167 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.2% | 1.6% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 2.2% | 6.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 60 United States 1.6% compare
- 61 Pakistan 1.6% compare
- 62 Ukraine 1.5% compare
- 64 Cabo Verde 1.5% compare
- 65 Belarus 1.4% compare
- 66 Philippines 1.4% compare
More financial sector data for Ethiopia
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 1,078 current LCU per person (2008)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 3.41 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2008)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 27.19 % change on previous year (2008)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 0 SDR (2024)
- Gold reserves at market value 0 SDR (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 2.89 billion SDR (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold 2.90 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 2.90 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 2.90 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 21.97 SDR per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on assets in Ethiopia?
- Bank return on assets in Ethiopia was 1.5% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on assets recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.7% in 2013.
- What is the lowest bank return on assets recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2021.
- How does Ethiopia rank for bank return on assets?
- Ethiopia ranks 63rd out of 167 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on assets rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.