Bank return on assets (%, before tax) in Senegal
Senegal: Bank return on assets (%, before tax) was 1.1% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Bank return on assets in Senegal, 2000–2020
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, before tax.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bank return on assets in Senegal is 1.1%, measured in 2020.
That represents a change of down 46.2% on the previous year and down 49.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on assets in Senegal peaked at 3.0% in 2003 and was at its lowest, -0.1%, in 2014.
Senegal ranks 106th of 168 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Bank return on assets (%, before tax) in Senegal, year by year
| Year | %, before tax | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.3% | — |
| 2001 | 2.3% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 2.7% | +17.1% |
| 2003 | 3.0% | +7.3% |
| 2004 | 2.8% | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 2.5% | -12.6% |
| 2006 | 2.7% | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 1.9% | -27.6% |
| 2008 | 1.7% | -10.4% |
| 2009 | 2.8% | +59.9% |
| 2010 | 2.1% | -23.0% |
| 2011 | 1.8% | -13.7% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | -19.1% |
| 2013 | 1.8% | +18.0% |
| 2014 | -0.1% | -102.9% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | -1450.7% |
| 2016 | 1.3% | +79.4% |
| 2017 | 1.9% | +54.5% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | -13.9% |
| 2019 | 2.0% | +19.1% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | -46.2% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 1.1% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.7%, 65% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 1.1% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2.0%, 53% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bank return on assets (%, before tax) in Senegal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +1450.7% | -0.1% | 0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.5% | 1.7% | 3.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | -0.1% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More financial sector data for Senegal
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0016 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 3.09 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 2.25 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0016 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 3.09 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on assets in Senegal?
- Bank return on assets in Senegal was 1.1% in 2020, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on assets recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 3.0% in 2003.
- What is the lowest bank return on assets recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.1% in 2014.
- How does Senegal rank for bank return on assets?
- Senegal ranks 106th out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank return on assets rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal 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.