Bank return on equity (%, after tax) by country
Raw data are from Bankscope. Data2115[t] / ((data2055[t] + data2055[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.
Countries reporting
167
Highest
38.7%
Sierra Leone
Lowest
-16.3%
Greece
Median
10.1%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
3,195
What the numbers show
Bank return on equity (%, after tax) is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 38.7% in Sierra Leone; the lowest is -16.3% in Greece.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.1%, and the mean is 11.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 37,880.4%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of Congo (down 233.6%).
Bank return on equity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 38.7% | 2019 | up 1,375.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Syria | 31.6% | 2021 | up 609.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 30.3% | 2021 | up 418.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Guinea | 30.2% | 2020 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 5 | Zambia | 28.7% | 2021 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Burundi | 28.1% | 2021 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 7 | Madagascar | 26.4% | 2020 | up 107.6% | rising |
| 8 | Georgia | 23.5% | 2021 | up 37,880.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Angola | 23.5% | 2021 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Saint Lucia | 22.9% | 2018 | up 979.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Togo | 21.9% | 2019 | up 116.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Ghana | 21.1% | 2021 | up 21.7% | falling |
| 13 | Eswatini | 20.9% | 2019 | up 21.3% | falling |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 20.1% | 2021 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 15 | Liberia | 19.6% | 2021 | up 273.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Vietnam | 19.3% | 2021 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 17 | Malawi | 19.1% | 2021 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 18 | Mozambique | 18.3% | 2021 | up 70.0% | falling |
| 19 | Cote d'Ivoire | 18.2% | 2021 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 20 | Haiti | 18.0% | 2021 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 17.6% | 2021 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 17.6% | 2020 | up 67.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Cameroon | 17.2% | 2020 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 24 | Guatemala | 17.1% | 2021 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 25 | Kenya | 16.7% | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 26 | Turkmenistan | 16.7% | 2019 | — | falling |
| 27 | Rwanda | 16.1% | 2021 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Gambia | 16.1% | 2020 | up 242.6% | falling |
| 29 | Macao | 16.0% | 2021 | up 72.0% | rising |
| 30 | Tanzania | 15.7% | 2021 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Egypt | 15.6% | 2021 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 32 | Botswana | 15.6% | 2021 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 33 | Cayman Islands | 15.4% | 2016 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Namibia | 15.3% | 2021 | down 36.4% | rising |
| 35 | Uruguay | 15.1% | 2021 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Chile | 15.1% | 2021 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 37 | Canada | 14.9% | 2021 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 38 | Cape Verde | 14.6% | 2021 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 39 | Mexico | 14.3% | 2021 | up 72.0% | rising |
| 40 | Israel | 14.0% | 2021 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 41 | Mongolia | 13.8% | 2021 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 42 | Antigua and Barbuda | 13.8% | 2007 | up 504.0% | rising |
| 43 | Pakistan | 13.7% | 2021 | up 1,078.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Yemen | 13.7% | 2019 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 45 | Niger | 13.3% | 2019 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 46 | Paraguay | 13.3% | 2021 | down 49.0% | rising |
| 47 | Brazil | 13.2% | 2021 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 48 | South Africa | 13.1% | 2021 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 13.0% | 2021 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 50 | Guyana | 13.0% | 2021 | down 38.1% | rising |
| 51 | Tajikistan | 12.6% | 2021 | up 506.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Azerbaijan | 12.6% | 2021 | up 417.6% | volatile |
| 53 | United States | 12.5% | 2021 | up 63.7% | falling |
| 54 | New Zealand | 12.5% | 2021 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 55 | Romania | 12.5% | 2021 | up 463.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Gabon | 12.4% | 2019 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 57 | Nepal | 12.4% | 2021 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 58 | Moldova | 12.3% | 2021 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Peru | 12.2% | 2021 | down 53.2% | rising |
| 60 | Iceland | 12.1% | 2021 | up 124.5% | falling |
| 61 | Nigeria | 11.8% | 2021 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 62 | Mali | 11.8% | 2020 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 63 | Tunisia | 11.7% | 2021 | up 117.8% | rising |
| 64 | Qatar | 11.6% | 2021 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 65 | Uganda | 11.6% | 2021 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Afghanistan | 11.4% | 2021 | up 631.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Albania | 11.4% | 2021 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Ethiopia | 11.3% | 2021 | down 68.3% | rising |
| 69 | Jamaica | 11.2% | 2021 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 70 | Sweden | 11.0% | 2021 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 71 | Barbados | 11.0% | 2021 | up 63.8% | flat |
| 72 | Slovenia | 10.9% | 2021 | up 184.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Bermuda | 10.8% | 2021 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 74 | Cambodia | 10.7% | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 75 | Bahamas | 10.7% | 2021 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Lithuania | 10.5% | 2021 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Djibouti | 10.5% | 2019 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Ukraine | 10.4% | 2021 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 79 | China | 10.2% | 2021 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 80 | Panama | 10.2% | 2021 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 81 | Honduras | 10.2% | 2021 | down 34.6% | flat |
| 82 | India | 10.2% | 2021 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Hungary | 10.2% | 2021 | up 255.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Italy | 10.1% | 2021 | up 189.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Australia | 9.9% | 2021 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Singapore | 9.8% | 2021 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 87 | Indonesia | 9.8% | 2021 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 88 | Nicaragua | 9.8% | 2021 | down 52.5% | falling |
| 89 | Turkey | 9.7% | 2021 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Norway | 9.7% | 2021 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 91 | Finland | 9.6% | 2021 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 92 | Austria | 9.6% | 2021 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.4% | 2021 | up 69.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 9.4% | 2021 | up 64.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.3% | 2021 | down 66.1% | falling |
| 96 | Senegal | 9.2% | 2020 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 97 | Philippines | 9.2% | 2021 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 98 | Cuba | 9.1% | 2020 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 99 | Czechia | 9.0% | 2021 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 100 | Bhutan | 9.0% | 2021 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Libya | 8.8% | 2020 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Saudi Arabia | 8.8% | 2021 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 103 | Denmark | 8.8% | 2021 | up 537.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Croatia | 8.7% | 2021 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Bangladesh | 8.7% | 2021 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 106 | Curacao | 8.7% | 2021 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 107 | Belgium | 8.5% | 2021 | up 238.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Mauritius | 8.4% | 2021 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 109 | Benin | 8.4% | 2019 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Slovakia | 8.4% | 2021 | up 215.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Estonia | 8.4% | 2021 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Malaysia | 8.3% | 2021 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 113 | El Salvador | 8.3% | 2021 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 114 | Algeria | 8.3% | 2020 | down 48.1% | rising |
| 115 | United Arab Emirates | 8.3% | 2021 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 116 | Argentina | 8.1% | 2021 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Belarus | 8.0% | 2021 | up 219.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Chad | 7.8% | 2016 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Netherlands | 7.6% | 2021 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Kuwait | 7.6% | 2021 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Ecuador | 7.5% | 2021 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Morocco | 7.5% | 2021 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 123 | Bolivia | 7.4% | 2021 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 124 | South Korea | 7.2% | 2021 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 125 | North Macedonia | 7.1% | 2021 | up 115.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Bahrain | 7.1% | 2021 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 127 | United Kingdom | 7.0% | 2021 | up 535.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Costa Rica | 6.9% | 2021 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 129 | Hong Kong | 6.8% | 2021 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Spain | 6.8% | 2021 | up 615.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.7% | 2021 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 132 | France | 6.7% | 2021 | up 97.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Latvia | 6.5% | 2021 | up 2,860.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Oman | 6.3% | 2021 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Serbia | 6.3% | 2021 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Fiji | 6.2% | 2021 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 137 | Jordan | 6.1% | 2021 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 138 | Luxembourg | 6.1% | 2021 | up 1,167.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Andorra | 5.7% | 2020 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 140 | Suriname | 5.7% | 2019 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Lesotho | 5.7% | 2021 | down 80.7% | falling |
| 142 | Thailand | 5.6% | 2021 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Venezuela | 5.5% | 2021 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Armenia | 5.5% | 2021 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Ireland | 5.4% | 2021 | up 127.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Portugal | 5.3% | 2021 | up 210.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Seychelles | 5.3% | 2020 | down 84.1% | falling |
| 148 | Poland | 4.7% | 2021 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Malta | 4.3% | 2021 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Myanmar | 3.9% | 2021 | up 103.4% | volatile |
| 151 | San Marino | 3.9% | 2017 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Colombia | 3.6% | 2021 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Sudan | 3.6% | 2012 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 154 | Japan | 3.6% | 2021 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Montenegro | 3.5% | 2021 | up 250.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Uzbekistan | 3.4% | 2021 | down 69.2% | falling |
| 157 | Laos | 2.9% | 2021 | down 79.4% | falling |
| 158 | Mauritania | 2.8% | 2020 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Belize | 2.4% | 2020 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Russia | 1.9% | 2021 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Germany | 1.0% | 2021 | up 103.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Cyprus | 1.0% | 2021 | up 101.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Switzerland | 0.2% | 2021 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Iraq | -0.1% | 2021 | down 100.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Lebanon | -1.9% | 2021 | down 117.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Democratic Republic of Congo | -5.4% | 2020 | down 233.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Greece | -16.3% | 2021 | up 68.9% | volatile |
About this data
Raw data are from Bankscope. Data2115[t] / ((data2055[t] + data2055[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.