Bank pre-tax ROA fell 4.93% to 1.01% in Belgium in 2024, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank pre-tax ROA in Belgium reached an all time high of 1.49% in 2005 and an all time low of -0.235% in 2009. When compared to Belgium's main peers, bank pre-tax ROA in France amounted to 0.554%, 0.581% in Germany, 1.16% in Luxembourg and 0.929% in Netherlands in 2024.
Belgium has been ranked 81st within the group of 91 countries we follow in terms of bank pre-tax ROA, 23 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Pre-Tax Return on Assets (Pre-Tax ROA) | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Austria | % | 0.904% | 0.816% | 0.430% | 0.699% | 1.04% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 0.803% | 0.813% | 0.535% | 0.862% | 0.838% | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | % | 0.618% | 0.561% | 0.345% | 0.592% | 0.357% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 0.531% | 0.491% | 0.342% | 0.569% | 0.480% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 0.232% | 0.066% | 0.155% | 0.726% | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 0.464% | 0.394% | 0.064% | 0.421% | 0.657% | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | 0.587% | 0.548% | 0.539% | 0.610% | 0.599% | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 0.699% | 0.624% | 0.285% | 0.689% | 0.641% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 0.688% | 0.691% | 0.159% | 0.496% | 0.713% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 0.867% | 0.717% | -0.023% | 0.867% | 0.861% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | ... | 0.504% | 0.347% | 0.215% | 0.502% | 0.550% |
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