Bank return on assets in Lesotho
Lesotho: Bank return on assets was 0.9% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank return on assets in Lesotho, 2001–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, before tax.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 0.9% for bank return on assets in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 60.2% on the previous year and down 73.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on assets in Lesotho peaked at 4.9% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2021.
That places Lesotho 120th out of 167 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.0% | 3.0% | 4.7% | 5 |
| 2010s | 4.1% | 3.5% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 0.9% | 2.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More financial sector data for Lesotho
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 23.8% (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports 5.54 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 3.67 billion current LCU (2024)
- Net foreign assets 25.32 billion current LCU (2024)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 24.3% (2024)
- Broad money 42.3% (2020)
- Claims on central government, etc. -18.2% (2024)
- Domestic credit to private sector 24.3% (2024)
- Official exchange rate 17.89 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -5,192 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on assets in Lesotho?
- Bank return on assets in Lesotho was 0.9% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on assets recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 4.9% in 2016.
- What is the lowest bank return on assets recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2021.
- How does Lesotho rank for bank return on assets?
- Lesotho ranks 120th out of 167 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on assets rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho 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.