Bank return on assets (ROA) fell 54.9% to 0.676% in South Africa in 2020, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank return on assets (ROA) in South Africa reached an all time high of 1.77% in 2016 and an all time low of 0.676% in 2020.
South Africa has been ranked 75th within the group of 114 countries we follow in terms of bank return on assets (ROA), 19 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Bank Return on Assets (ROA) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Angola | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.86% | 2.09% | 4.28% | -1.42% | -3.15% | ... | |||||||
Botswana | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.28% | 1.94% | 2.76% | 2.35% | 1.85% | ||||||
Lesotho | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.36% | 3.18% | 3.69% | 4.09% | 2.25% | |||||||||
Mozambique | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.35% | 3.53% | 3.87% | 3.70% | 2.80% | |||||
Namibia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.48% | 3.02% | 2.90% | 2.79% | 1.76% | ||||||||
South Africa | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.77% | 1.73% | 1.70% | 1.50% | 0.676% | ... | |||||||||
Swaziland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.02% | 3.16% | 2.48% | 3.78% | 1.28% | |||||||||
Zambia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.03% | 2.12% | 2.10% | 2.33% | 2.10% | |||||||||||
Zimbabwe | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |