Bank pre-tax ROE fell 7.79% yoy to 8.82% in China in 1Q2025, according to the National Central Bank. This is 8.84% more than in the previous quarter.
Historically, bank pre-tax ROE in China reached an all time high of 17.3% in 2Q2015 and an all time low of 8.10% in 4Q2024.
China has been ranked 47th within the group of 50 countries we follow in terms of bank pre-tax ROE, 47 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Pre-Tax Return on Equity (Pre-Tax ROE) | Unit | Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Sep 2020 | Dec 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | Sep 2021 | Dec 2021 | Mar 2022 | Jun 2022 | Sep 2022 | Dec 2022 | Mar 2023 | Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 |
| Bangladesh | % | 8.29% | 9.70% | 6.47% | 6.14% | 5.46% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Canada | % | 11.8% | 12.1% | 12.7% | 12.9% | 12.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| China | % | 9.45% | 8.93% | 9.57% | 8.91% | 8.77% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| India | % | 15.1% | 14.5% | 15.5% | 14.0% | 14.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.74% | ... | 4.74% | ... | 11.7% | ... | ... | |||||||
| Mexico | % | 18.6% | 18.5% | 18.1% | 18.3% | 18.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 26.9% | 27.1% | 24.1% | 20.4% | 22.5% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 29.9% | 25.9% | 24.9% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| South Korea | % | 8.57% | 8.40% | 7.87% | 9.10% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | 11.7% | 11.5% | 11.1% | 12.7% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 13.2% | 11.4% | 11.2% | 11.6% | 11.2% | ... | ... |
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