Bank return on assets in Malaysia
Malaysia: Bank return on assets was 1.2% in 2021. β² Rising
Bank return on assets in Malaysia, 2000β2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, before tax.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bank return on assets in Malaysia is 1.2%, measured in 2021.
That represents a change of up 32.2% on the previous year and down 65.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on assets in Malaysia peaked at 3.6% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2008.
Malaysia ranks 87th of 167 countries on this measure, 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 | 1.2% | 0.6% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.8% | 1.2% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More financial sector data for Malaysia
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 82,207 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 6.26 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 5.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 43.75 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 3.99 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 82.45 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 87.75 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 91.73 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 91.67 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 2,548 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on assets in Malaysia?
- Bank return on assets in Malaysia was 1.2% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on assets recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.6% in 2011.
- What is the lowest bank return on assets recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2008.
- How does Malaysia rank for bank return on assets?
- Malaysia ranks 87th out of 167 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on assets rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.