Bank Return On Assets

Africa Ranking

in percentSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Malawi	9.61	2014	2	9.82
2 ↑	Sierra Leone	6.13	2017	20	2.26
3 ↑	Ghana	4.92	2020	4	4.77
4 ↓	Burundi	4.58	2020	3	4.97
5	Madagascar	4.32	2019	5	4.57
6 ↑	Guinea	4.29	2020	10	3.92
7 ↑	Gambia	4.08	2019	23	1.81
8 ↑	Chad	4.03	2013	9	4.03
9 ↑	Swaziland	3.96	2014	14	3.3
10 ↑	Zambia	3.56	2019	28	1.54
11 ↑	Ethiopia	3.14	2020	12	3.6
12 ↑	Seychelles	2.85	2019	13	3.44
13 ↑	Namibia	2.75	2019	15	2.79
14 ↓	Rwanda	2.73	2020	7	4.26
15 ↓	Lesotho	2.38	2020	8	4.13
16 ↑	Liberia	2.34	2019	17	2.37
17 ↓	Gabon	2.26	2019	16	2.58
18 ↓	Kenya	2.23	2020	11	3.86
19 ↑	Togo	1.99	2019	43	0.42
20 ↓	Egypt	1.98	2020	18	2.36
20 ↑	Ivory Coast	1.98	2020	21	1.88
22 ↑	Senegal	1.91	2019	24	1.67
23 ↓	Zimbabwe	1.74	2020	1	11.07
24 ↑	Botswana	1.66	2019	35	1.31
25 ↑	Niger	1.61	2019	28	1.54
26 ↑	Djibouti	1.59	2019	27	1.61
27 ↑	Burkina Faso	1.54	2020	30	1.52
28 ↑	Cape Verde	1.42	2020	34	1.33
29 ↓	Algeria	1.38	2019	19	2.34
30 ↑	Cameroon	1.32	2019	32	1.37
31 ↓	Morocco	1.06	2020	25	1.66
32 ↓	Nigeria	1.05	2020	26	1.63
33 ↓	Mali	1.03	2019	30	1.52
34 ↑	Sudan	0.82	2012	36	1.23
35 ↓	South Africa	0.8	2020	22	1.87
35 ↓	Tanzania	0.8	2020	32	1.37
37 ↑	Benin	0.67	2019	39	0.9
38 ↑	Mauritania	0.62	2020	44	0.27
39 ↓	Uganda	0.61	2020	6	4.47
40 ↓	Mozambique	0.6	2020	37	1.2
41 ↓	Mauritius	0.39	2020	40	0.89
42 ↓	Libya	0.14	2019	41	0.76
42	Tunisia	0.14	2020	42	0.52
44 ↓	Democratic Republic of the Congo	-0.56	2020	38	1.19

Definition of Bank Return On Assets

Commercial banks' pre-tax income to yearly averaged total assets. 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.