Bank Return On Assets

Middle East Ranking

in percentSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Syria	13.09	2020	13	0.34
2 ↑	Yemen	2.06	2018	4	1.72
3 ↓	Turkey	1.71	2020	1	2.23
4 ↓	Saudi Arabia	1.34	2020	2	2.05
5 ↑	Qatar	1.24	2020	6	1.59
6 ↑	Oman	1.02	2020	9	1.5
7 ↑	Jordan	0.88	2020	8	1.51
8 ↑	Israel	0.73	2020	12	0.99
9 ↓	United Arab Emirates	0.72	2020	5	1.67
10	Kuwait	0.55	2020	10	1.3
10 ↓	Bahrain	0.55	2020	7	1.55
12 ↓	Afghanistan	0.37	2020	11	1.1
13 ↓	Iraq	0.13	2020	3	1.98
14	Lebanon	0.03	2020	14	-0.55

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.