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Bank return on equity, in percent, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 13 countries was 11.63 percent. The highest value was in Syria: 31.95 percent and the lowest value was in Iraq: -0.03 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
Syria 31.95 1 2005 - 2021
Egypt 27.97 2 2000 - 2021
Tunisia 16.47 3 2000 - 2021
Qatar 12.6 4 2000 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 10.09 5 2000 - 2021
Morocco 9.97 6 2000 - 2021
UA Emirates 9.72 7 2000 - 2021
Jordan 8.85 8 2000 - 2021
Kuwait 8.3 9 2000 - 2021
Bahrain 7.51 10 2000 - 2021
Oman 7.4 11 2000 - 2021
Lebanon 0.35 12 2000 - 2021
Iraq -0.03 13 2006 - 2021


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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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