Bank return on assets (%, before tax) in Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Bank return on assets (%, before tax) was 0.8% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Bank return on assets in Hong Kong, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, before tax.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bank return on assets in Hong Kong is 0.8%, measured in 2021.
That represents a change of down 11.7% on the previous year and down 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on assets in Hong Kong peaked at 2.2% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2001.
That places Hong Kong 135th out of 168 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Bank return on assets (%, before tax) in Hong Kong, year by year
| Year | %, before tax | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.5% | — |
| 2001 | 0.3% | -29.8% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | +201.0% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | -7.3% |
| 2004 | 2.2% | +128.3% |
| 2005 | 1.6% | -28.0% |
| 2006 | 1.7% | +7.5% |
| 2007 | 1.6% | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | -24.2% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | +14.0% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | -26.9% |
| 2015 | 1.5% | +49.1% |
| 2016 | 1.2% | -16.4% |
| 2017 | 1.3% | +8.8% |
| 2018 | 1.4% | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -30.5% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | -11.7% |
Hong Kong compared with similar countries
- Hong Kong's 0.8% is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.0%, 84% of the median. (63 countries reporting)
- Hong Kong's 0.8% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.0%, 80% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bank return on assets (%, before tax) in Hong Kong 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +201.0% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| 2004 | +128.3% | 1.0% | 2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Hong Kong
More financial sector data for Hong Kong
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate -3.35 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.7308 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 41,641 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate -0.454 % change on previous year (2023)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 42,075 SDR per person (2023)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate -0.4501 % change on previous year (2023)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 42,088 SDR per person (2023)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate -0.4504 % change on previous year (2023)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 42,088 SDR per person (2023)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate -0.5027 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on assets in Hong Kong?
- Bank return on assets in Hong Kong was 0.8% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on assets recorded in Hong Kong?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2% in 2004.
- What is the lowest bank return on assets recorded in Hong Kong?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2001.
- How does Hong Kong rank for bank return on assets?
- Hong Kong ranks 135th out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on assets rising or falling in Hong Kong?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hong Kong 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.