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What Banking is the Most Profitable in the World?

Bank ROE (%), 2021 or latest

Banking | April 3, 2022

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Based on a comparison of 122 countries in 2021, Guatemala ranked the highest in bank return on equity (ROE) with 179% followed by Ukraine and Georgia. On the other end of the scale was Comoros with -8.36%, Greece with -7.84% and Chad with -7.17%.

Data for more countries are available at Bank Return on Equity (ROE) indicator page.

Bank Return on Equity (ROE)	Unit	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Ecuador	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...				8.40%	6.94%	9.58%	30.9%	30.3%	...	...
Georgia	%															15.3%	18.3%	20.9%	19.5%	17.8%
Ghana	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								21.7%	17.7%	18.6%	16.6%	18.8%
Guatemala	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							177%	168%	158%	137%	147%
Guinea	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			19.6%	16.5%	15.0%	16.1%	20.5%
Honduras	%	...	...	...	...	...										11.8%	21.1%	19.7%	18.5%	19.6%
Kosovo	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						26.6%	18.5%	18.9%	18.3%	17.2%
Madagascar	%	...	...	...	...	...										34.0%	28.3%	32.7%	33.8%	31.1%
Malawi	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	20.2%	19.7%	16.8%	19.1%	22.7%		...
Mozambique	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			12.9%	5.17%	17.1%	17.1%	15.8%
Rwanda	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							11.8%	8.88%	6.32%	11.7%	20.6%		...
Seychelles	%	...	...	...	...	...	...									26.5%	22.1%	20.2%	15.8%	15.8%
Ukraine	%	...	...	...	...											-65.1%	-122%	-17.6%	11.3%	34.4%
Uruguay	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							12.9%	3.58%	12.4%	15.5%	20.2%		...
Zambia	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...					15.3%	16.8%	18.2%	18.8%	21.0%