Bank pre-tax ROE rose 160% to 25.5% in Bhutan in 2023, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank pre-tax ROE in Bhutan reached an all time high of 25.5% in 2023 and an all time low of 0.523% in 2020. When compared to Bhutan's main peers, bank pre-tax ROE in Bangladesh amounted to 9.70%, 8.93% in China, 14.5% in India and 7.26% in Nepal in 2023.
Bhutan has been ranked 16th within the group of 115 countries we follow in terms of bank pre-tax ROE, 54 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Pre-Tax Return on Equity (Pre-Tax ROE) | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Bangladesh | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.40% | 7.78% | 4.95% | 5.03% | 14.2% | |||||||||
| Bhutan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.7% | 7.31% | 0.523% | 8.11% | 9.81% | ... | |||||||||
| China | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.7% | 11.0% | 9.48% | 9.64% | 9.33% | ||||||||||
| India | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | -0.160% | 2.81% | 7.29% | 9.94% | 12.7% | |||||||||||
| Japan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Myanmar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | -0.332% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Nepal | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.2% | 15.5% | 10.3% | 11.9% | 12.4% | ||||
| Pakistan | % | ... | 10.7% | 11.3% | 13.8% | 14.0% | 16.9% | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 15.1% | 26.4% | 15.7% | 21.1% | 1.82% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.4% | 10.4% | 11.5% | 14.6% | 9.08% | ... | ||||||||
| USA | % | 12.2% | 11.5% | 7.34% | 12.3% | 12.1% | ... |
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