Bank return on equity in Singapore
Singapore: Bank return on equity was 11.2% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank return on equity in Singapore, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %, before tax.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 11.2% for bank return on equity in 2021.
That represents a change of up 32.6% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank return on equity in Singapore peaked at 32.8% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 7.1%, in 2001.
Singapore ranks 97th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.4% | 7.1% | 32.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.0% | 10.3% | 13.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.8% | 8.4% | 11.2% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Singapore
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 123,291 current LCU per person (2020)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 2 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 3.72 % change on previous year (2020)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 217.81 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 19.85 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 289.89 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 295.68 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 315.53 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 298.85 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 48,902 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank return on equity in Singapore?
- Bank return on equity in Singapore was 11.2% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank return on equity recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 32.8% in 2002.
- What is the lowest bank return on equity recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.1% in 2001.
- How does Singapore rank for bank return on equity?
- Singapore ranks 97th out of 168 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank return on equity rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Singapore 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.