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

4.28percent · 2021+37.6% 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 Zambia from 2000 to 2021.

20002021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20214.281
20201.33
20192.726
20182.243
20175.15
20162.841
20152.653
20143.577
20133.534
20123.495
20113.111
20102.701
20091.624
20083.103
20073.177
20062.741
20054.059
20041.715
20030.706
20021.462
20010.945
20000.944

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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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