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Japan: Bank return on equity (%, before tax)

4.88percent · 2021-43.3% since 2011

Raw data are from Bankscope. Data10270[t] / ((data2055[t] + data2055[t-1])/2). Numerator and denominator are first aggregated on the country level before division. Note that banks used in the calculation might differ between indicators. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope. Reported as: before tax. Annual figures for Japan from 2000 to 2021.

20002021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20214.884
20204.318
20193.644
20184.741
20176.753
20166.529
20158.219
20148.876
20137.661
20128.45
20118.608
20107.434
2009-1.11
20089.37
200711.775
200615.275
20055.91
20044.99
2003-21.08
2002-20.838
2001-0.361
20007.255

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by BvD. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Bank return on equity (%, before tax). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-bank-return-on-equity-10 (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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