Bank return on assets in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Bank return on assets was 1.7% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank return on assets in Saudi Arabia, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, before tax.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bank return on assets in Saudi Arabia is 1.7%, measured in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 25.7% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on assets in Saudi Arabia peaked at 4.0% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 2020.
That places Saudi Arabia 52nd out of 168 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Bank return on assets in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | %, before tax | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.9% | — |
| 2001 | 2.1% | +14.2% |
| 2002 | 2.2% | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 2.3% | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 2.7% | +18.5% |
| 2005 | 3.5% | +30.4% |
| 2006 | 4.0% | +11.4% |
| 2007 | 2.9% | -26.2% |
| 2008 | 2.0% | -31.9% |
| 2009 | 1.8% | -9.7% |
| 2010 | 1.8% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 2.0% | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 2.0% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 2.0% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 2.1% | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 2.1% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 1.8% | -10.8% |
| 2017 | 2.0% | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 2.2% | +10.0% |
| 2019 | 2.1% | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | -34.6% |
| 2021 | 1.7% | +25.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.5% | 1.8% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 49 Côte d'Ivoire 1.8% compare
- 50 Bahamas 1.7% compare
- 51 Kyrgyzstan 1.7% compare
- 53 Cuba 1.7% compare
- 54 Trinidad and Tobago 1.6% compare
- 55 Romania 1.6% compare
More financial sector data for Saudi Arabia
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 32,328 current LCU per person (2017)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.35 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2017)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 21.57 % change on previous year (2017)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 363.54 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 33.13 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 317.55 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 335.74 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 368.87 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 336.06 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 9,089 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on assets in Saudi Arabia?
- Bank return on assets in Saudi Arabia was 1.7% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on assets recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.0% in 2006.
- What is the lowest bank return on assets recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 2020.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for bank return on assets?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 52nd out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on assets rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.