 
				Based on a comparison of 124 countries in 2024, Malawi ranked the highest in bank pre-tax ROA with 8.81% followed by Ukraine and Zambia. On the other end of the scale was Equatorial Guinea with -1.18%, Vietnam with -1.03% and Macao with 0.169%.
Data for more countries are available at Bank Pre-Tax Return on Assets (Pre-Tax ROA) indicator page.
| 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 | 
| Argentina | % | 5.39% | 6.12% | 3.47% | 1.77% | 2.85% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | % | ... | 2.68% | 3.06% | 3.11% | 2.79% | 4.67% | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Georgia | % | 2.81% | 2.42% | 0.144% | 3.92% | 3.82% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.54% | 4.00% | 4.34% | 4.57% | 3.17% | ... | |||||||||||
| Guinea | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.30% | 3.84% | 4.33% | 3.08% | 3.82% | |||||||
| Iraq | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.613% | 0.915% | 1.05% | 0.696% | 1.31% | |||||
| Kazakhstan | % | 3.04% | 3.65% | 3.06% | 4.23% | 4.20% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | % | 1.61% | 1.44% | 0.995% | 1.28% | 6.39% | ||||||||||||||||
| Madagascar | % | ... | 4.35% | 3.99% | 3.08% | 3.38% | 3.50% | |||||||||||||||
| Malawi | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.56% | 4.11% | 4.66% | 5.12% | 6.43% | ... | ||||
| Maldives | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.65% | 4.58% | 2.53% | 5.75% | 4.66% | ||||||||
| Mozambique | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.87% | 3.70% | 2.80% | 3.94% | 4.69% | ... | ||||||
| Rwanda | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.31% | 3.71% | 3.31% | 4.09% | 4.99% | ||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | ... | 1.60% | 4.70% | 2.77% | 4.46% | 1.48% | |||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | ... | ... | ... | 2.77% | 3.16% | 1.84% | 5.11% | 5.00% | ... |