Bank pre-tax ROE rose 26.7% to 11.5% in Sri Lanka in 2023, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank pre-tax ROE in Sri Lanka reached an all time high of 19.9% in 2012 and an all time low of 9.08% in 2022.
Sri Lanka has been ranked 88th within the group of 115 countries we follow in terms of bank pre-tax ROE, 56 places below 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% | |||||||||
| Cambodia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.11% | 6.56% | 6.63% | 7.93% | 9.93% | ||||||||||
| China | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.7% | 11.0% | 9.48% | 9.64% | 9.33% | ||||||||||
| India | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | -0.160% | 2.81% | 7.29% | 9.94% | 12.7% | |||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | ... | 13.3% | 12.3% | 7.08% | 9.00% | 12.4% | |||||||||||||||
| Laos | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaysia | % | ... | 9.88% | 10.2% | 7.47% | 8.35% | 10.0% | |||||||||||||||
| Maldives | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.9% | 13.3% | 7.50% | 19.8% | 15.9% | ||||||||
| Myanmar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | -0.332% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Pakistan | % | ... | 10.7% | 11.3% | 13.8% | 14.0% | 16.9% | |||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.0% | 14.1% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.4% | 10.4% | 11.5% | 14.6% | 9.08% | ... | ||||||||
| Thailand | % | 9.33% | 11.4% | 5.53% | 6.82% | 8.48% | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.3% | 12.4% | 11.9% | 14.9% | 14.5% | ... |
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