Bank return on equity in Bahrain
Bahrain: Bank return on equity was 7.1% in 2021. βΌ Falling
Bank return on equity in Bahrain, 2000β2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, after tax.
Analysis
Bahrain recorded 7.1% for bank return on equity in 2021.
The figure is up 207.7% on the previous year and down 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on equity in Bahrain peaked at 23.9% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2.3%, in 2020.
That places Bahrain 126th out of 167 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.1% | 3.8% | 23.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.4% | 7.4% | 16.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.7% | 2.3% | 7.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Bahrain
- 123 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.4% compare
- 124 Republic of Korea 7.2% compare
- 125 North Macedonia 7.1% compare
- 127 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.0% compare
- 128 Costa Rica 6.9% compare
- 129 Hong Kong, China 6.8% compare
More financial sector data for Bahrain
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 5.25 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 478.40 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 2.78 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 3.37 billion SDR (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 11.22 % change on previous year (2015)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.3271 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 7,763 current LCU per person (2015)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 3.85 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 3.84 billion SDR (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 70.6% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on equity in Bahrain?
- Bank return on equity in Bahrain was 7.1% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on equity recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 23.9% in 2005.
- What is the lowest bank return on equity recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.3% in 2020.
- How does Bahrain rank for bank return on equity?
- Bahrain ranks 126th out of 167 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on equity rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahrain data come from?
- The figures come from Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD), published as part of Bank return on equity (%, after tax). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.