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Bank return on assets (%, after tax)

Raw data are from Bankscope. Data2115[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.

📅 2021📏 %135 entries

🇸🇾 Syria8.72%

🇧🇮 Burundi4.26%

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan3.79%

🇦🇴 Angola3.76%

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe3.48%

🇬🇪 Georgia3.23%

🇬🇭 Ghana3.21%

🇯🇵 Japan0.15%

🇨🇾 Cyprus0.08%

🇩🇪 Germany0.05%

🇨🇭 Switzerland0.02%

🇮🇶 Iraq-0.03%

🇱🇧 Lebanon-0.19%

🇬🇷 Greece-1.90%

The 7 highest and 7 lowest of 135 entries; 3 are below zero. Bars to the left of the line are negative.

🇸🇾Syria

8.72%

🇧🇮Burundi

4.26%

🇰🇿Kazakhstan

3.79%

🇦🇴Angola

3.76%

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

3.48%

🇬🇪Georgia

3.23%

🇬🇭Ghana

3.21%

🇲🇼Malawi

3.04%

🇲🇿Mozambique

2.94%

🇰🇪Kenya

2.90%

🇹🇯Tajikistan

2.72%

🇷🇼Rwanda

2.70%

🇿🇲Zambia

2.65%

🇱🇷Liberia

2.40%

🇹🇿Tanzania

2.37%

🇺🇬Uganda

2.21%

🇲🇩Moldova

2.05%

🇳🇦Namibia

2.04%

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

1.96%

🇮🇸Iceland

1.88%

🇰🇭Cambodia

1.82%

🇬🇾Guyana

1.81%

🇦🇿Azerbaijan

1.80%

🇧🇸Bahamas

1.73%

🇵🇾Paraguay

1.64%

🇧🇼Botswana

1.62%

🇲🇽Mexico

1.61%

🇬🇹Guatemala

1.60%

🇳🇮Nicaragua

1.56%

🇨🇮Ivory Coast

1.53%

🇭🇹Haiti

1.53%

🇺🇾Uruguay

1.52%

🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan

1.52%

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

1.48%

🇮🇩Indonesia

1.47%

🇻🇳Vietnam

1.46%

🇯🇲Jamaica

1.46%

🇦🇫Afghanistan

1.42%

🇲🇳Mongolia

1.41%

🇷🇴Romania

1.37%

🇳🇵Nepal

1.33%

🇧🇷Brazil

1.32%

🇳🇬Nigeria

1.32%

🇪🇬Egypt

1.32%

🇵🇪Peru

1.32%

🇨🇻Cape Verde

1.30%

🇺🇦Ukraine

1.30%

🇦🇷Argentina

1.29%

🇺🇸United States

1.26%

🇶🇦Qatar

1.22%

Highlights

As of 2021, Syria ranks first with 8.72%, followed by Burundi (4.26%) and Kazakhstan (3.79%).

Syria is 2 times higher than Burundi, the runner-up.

Across 135 countries and territories, values run from 8.72% (Syria) to -1.90% (Greece), with a median of 1.04%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 7 from Africa and 3 from Asia.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Bank return on assets (%, after tax), 2021. Unit: %.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Bank return on assets (%, after tax) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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Bank return on assets (%, after tax)

Highlights

As of 2021, Syria ranks first with 8.72%, followed by Burundi (4.26%) and Kazakhstan (3.79%).

Syria is 2 times higher than Burundi, the runner-up.

Across 135 countries and territories, values run from 8.72% (Syria) to -1.90% (Greece), with a median of 1.04%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 7 from Africa and 3 from Asia.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Bank return on assets (%, after tax), 2021. Unit: %.