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Bank return on assets (%, before tax)

Raw data are from Bankscope. Data10270[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

🇸🇾 Syria8.83%

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe5.23%

🇬🇭 Ghana4.90%

🇲🇼 Malawi4.56%

🇧🇮 Burundi4.40%

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan4.37%

🇿🇲 Zambia4.28%

🇯🇵 Japan0.21%

🇨🇾 Cyprus0.13%

🇩🇪 Germany0.12%

🇨🇭 Switzerland0.10%

🇱🇧 Lebanon0.04%

🇮🇶 Iraq-0.01%

🇬🇷 Greece-1.82%

The 7 highest and 7 lowest of 135 entries; 2 are below zero. Bars to the left of the line are negative.

🇸🇾Syria

8.83%

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

5.23%

🇬🇭Ghana

4.90%

🇲🇼Malawi

4.56%

🇧🇮Burundi

4.40%

🇰🇿Kazakhstan

4.37%

🇿🇲Zambia

4.28%

🇦🇴Angola

4.20%

🇹🇯Tajikistan

4.18%

🇲🇿Mozambique

4.00%

🇷🇼Rwanda

3.89%

🇰🇪Kenya

3.79%

🇬🇪Georgia

3.59%

🇹🇿Tanzania

3.47%

🇱🇷Liberia

3.17%

🇺🇬Uganda

2.89%

🇬🇾Guyana

2.86%

🇳🇦Namibia

2.78%

🇳🇮Nicaragua

2.43%

🇪🇬Egypt

2.36%

🇲🇩Moldova

2.34%

🇦🇿Azerbaijan

2.33%

🇮🇸Iceland

2.33%

🇰🇭Cambodia

2.27%

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

2.26%

🇲🇽Mexico

2.10%

🇧🇼Botswana

2.09%

🇦🇷Argentina

2.05%

🇺🇾Uruguay

2.02%

🇳🇵Nepal

1.91%

🇧🇷Brazil

1.86%

🇲🇳Mongolia

1.86%

🇬🇹Guatemala

1.85%

🇮🇩Indonesia

1.84%

🇻🇳Vietnam

1.82%

🇭🇹Haiti

1.80%

🇵🇾Paraguay

1.79%

🇯🇲Jamaica

1.78%

🇵🇪Peru

1.77%

🇨🇮Ivory Coast

1.77%

🇧🇸Bahamas

1.74%

🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan

1.70%

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

1.69%

🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago

1.64%

🇷🇴Romania

1.63%

🇹🇳Tunisia

1.62%

🇭🇳Honduras

1.61%

🇺🇸United States

1.59%

🇵🇰Pakistan

1.59%

🇺🇦Ukraine

1.54%

Highlights

As of 2021, Syria ranks first with 8.83%, followed by Zimbabwe (5.23%) and Ghana (4.90%).

Syria is 1.7 times higher than Zimbabwe, the runner-up.

Across 135 countries and territories, values run from 8.83% (Syria) to -1.82% (Greece), with a median of 1.26%.

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 (%, before tax), 2021. Unit: %.

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

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