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Nigeria: Bank return on assets (%, before tax)

1.41percent · 2021+168.0% since 2011

Raw data are from Bankscope. Data10270[t] / ((data2025[t] + data2025[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 Nigeria from 2000 to 2021.

20002021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20211.412
20201.849
20192.465
20182.404
20172.142
20161.576
20151.683
20142.357
20132.328
20123.518
20110.527
20104.223
2009-27.625
20082.886
20073.375
20062.535
20052.466
20042.372
20032.524
20023.394
20014.124
20002.868

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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 assets (%, before tax). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-bank-return-on-assets-09 (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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