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Bank return on equity, in percent, 2021 - Country rankings:

The average for 2021 based on 27 countries was 8.18 percent.The highest value was in Romania: 14.86 percent and the lowest value was in Greece: -15.65 percent. The indicator is available from 1999 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: Bankscope
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Countries Return on equity, 2021 Global rank Available data
Romania 14.86 1 2000 - 2021
Sweden 13.67 2 2000 - 2021
Lithuania 12.98 3 2000 - 2021
Finland 11.67 4 2000 - 2021
Slovenia 11.45 5 2000 - 2021
Hungary 11.43 6 2000 - 2021
Czechia 11.21 7 2000 - 2021
Slovakia 10.52 8 2000 - 2021
Bulgaria 10.45 9 2000 - 2021
Croatia 10.37 10 2000 - 2021
Italy 10.14 11 2000 - 2021
Denmark 10.06 12 2000 - 2021
Austria 9.94 13 2000 - 2021
Belgium 9.35 14 2000 - 2021
Estonia 9.26 15 2000 - 2021
Netherlands 8.83 16 2000 - 2021
Poland 7.81 17 2000 - 2021
France 7.42 18 2000 - 2021
Luxembourg 7.37 19 2000 - 2021
Portugal 7.26 20 2000 - 2021
Ireland 7.02 21 2000 - 2021
Malta 6.78 22 2000 - 2021
Latvia 6.56 23 2000 - 2021
Spain 5.88 24 2000 - 2021
Germany 2.62 25 2000 - 2021
Cyprus 1.69 26 2000 - 2021
Greece -15.65 27 2005 - 2021

Economic outlook around the world

Definition: Commercial banks’ pre-tax income to yearly averaged equity. The 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.
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