Bank return on assets in Mauritania
Mauritania: Bank return on assets was 0.6% in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Bank return on assets in Mauritania, 2001–2020
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, before tax.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0.6% for bank return on assets in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 132.3% on the previous year and down 48.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on assets in Mauritania peaked at 2.9% in 2003 and was at its lowest, -0.0%, in 2018.
That places Mauritania 146th out of 168 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.1% | 0.3% | 2.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | -0.0% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More financial sector data for Mauritania
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 20,116 current LCU per person (2019)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 11.38 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 2.79 % change on previous year (2019)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 402,500 SDR (2018)
- Gold reserves at market value 10.60 million SDR (2018)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 1.43 billion SDR (2021)
- Reserves excluding gold 1.46 billion SDR (2021)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 1.46 billion SDR (2021)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 1.46 billion SDR (2021)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 307.62 SDR per person (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on assets in Mauritania?
- Bank return on assets in Mauritania was 0.6% in 2020, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on assets recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 2.9% in 2003.
- What is the lowest bank return on assets recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.0% in 2018.
- How does Mauritania rank for bank return on assets?
- Mauritania ranks 146th out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank return on assets rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritania 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.