* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Bank return on equity, in percent, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 10 countries was 11.14 percent. The highest value was in Vietnam: 24.03 percent and the lowest value was in Laos: 3.71 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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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Return on equity, 2021 Global rank Available data
Vietnam 24.03 1 2000 - 2021
India 13.91 2 2000 - 2021
Cambodia 13.36 3 2003 - 2021
Indonesia 12.25 4 2000 - 2021
Philippines 11.32 5 2000 - 2021
Singapore 11.17 6 2000 - 2021
Malaysia 10.1 7 2000 - 2021
Thailand 6.76 8 2000 - 2021
Burma 4.8 9 2006 - 2021
Laos 3.71 10 2012 - 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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