Bank return on assets in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Bank return on assets was 1.2% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank return on assets in United Arab Emirates, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, before tax.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 1.2% for bank return on assets in 2021.
That represents a change of up 69.5% on the previous year and down 23.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on assets in United Arab Emirates peaked at 4.0% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2020.
United Arab Emirates ranks 86th of 168 countries on this measure, 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 United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | %, before tax | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.1% | — |
| 2001 | 2.1% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 2.2% | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 2.2% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 2.6% | +18.7% |
| 2005 | 4.0% | +53.1% |
| 2006 | 2.9% | -28.9% |
| 2007 | 2.3% | -18.3% |
| 2008 | 1.7% | -25.6% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | -26.6% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | +14.5% |
| 2011 | 1.6% | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 1.7% | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 1.7% | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 2.0% | +13.8% |
| 2015 | 1.9% | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 1.7% | -10.7% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 1.6% | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 1.7% | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -56.9% |
| 2021 | 1.2% | +69.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.3% | 1.3% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.7% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for United Arab Emirates
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 156,034 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 2.93 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 10.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 83.85 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 7.64 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 202.83 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 205.81 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 213.45 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 213.34 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 18,530 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on assets in United Arab Emirates?
- Bank return on assets in United Arab Emirates was 1.2% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on assets recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 4.0% in 2005.
- What is the lowest bank return on assets recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2020.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for bank return on assets?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 86th out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on assets rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.