Bank return on equity in Egypt
Egypt: Bank return on equity was 28.0% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Bank return on equity in Egypt, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, before tax.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 28.0% for bank return on equity in 2021.
That represents a change of up 11.3% on the previous year and up 37.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on equity in Egypt peaked at 34.4% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 7.9%, in 2003.
Egypt ranks 11th of 168 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.2% | 7.9% | 18.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.5% | 20.3% | 34.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.5% | 25.1% | 28.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More financial sector data for Egypt
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 154,531 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 50.08 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 18.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 145.56 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 13.26 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 22.11 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 22.42 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 35.69 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 35.69 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 301.51 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on equity in Egypt?
- Bank return on equity in Egypt was 28.0% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on equity recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 34.4% in 2016.
- What is the lowest bank return on equity recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.9% in 2003.
- How does Egypt rank for bank return on equity?
- Egypt ranks 11th out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on equity rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD), published as part of Bank return on equity (%, before tax). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Raw data are from Bankscope. Data10270[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.