Bank return on assets in Thailand
Thailand: Bank return on assets was 0.9% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Bank return on assets in Thailand, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, before tax.
Analysis
In 2021, bank return on assets in Thailand stood at 0.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.7% on the previous year and down 40.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on assets in Thailand peaked at 1.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, -0.0%, in 2000.
That places Thailand 123rd out of 168 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Bank return on assets in Thailand, year by year
| Year | %, before tax | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 1.4% | -3152.7% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | -83.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | +215.8% |
| 2004 | 1.3% | +73.8% |
| 2005 | 1.5% | +13.4% |
| 2006 | 1.0% | -34.1% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | -51.4% |
| 2008 | 1.3% | +165.0% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | +22.3% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | -7.8% |
| 2012 | 1.6% | +8.0% |
| 2013 | 1.7% | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 1.7% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | -20.7% |
| 2016 | 1.4% | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 1.3% | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 1.3% | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 1.7% | +29.2% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | -51.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | +6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9% | -0.0% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Thailand
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 9.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.3068 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 2,472 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 9.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 2,542 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 13.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 2,878 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate 13.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 2,874 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 205.82 billion SDR (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on assets in Thailand?
- Bank return on assets in Thailand was 0.9% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on assets recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest bank return on assets recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.0% in 2000.
- How does Thailand rank for bank return on assets?
- Thailand ranks 123rd out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on assets rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.