Financial soundness indicators by country
Return on assets (%)
Countries reporting
143
Highest
8.8%
Malawi
Lowest
-1.2%
Equatorial Guinea
Median
1.9%
Years covered
24
2001–2024
Data points
2,107
What the numbers show
Financial soundness indicators is currently reported for 143 countries. The highest value is 8.8% in Malawi; the lowest is -1.2% in Equatorial Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.9%, and the mean is 2.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in United Kingdom (up 3,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Vietnam (down 230.4%).
Financial soundness indicators: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 8.8% | 2023 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 2 | Argentina | 8.2% | 2023 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 6.5% | 2023 | up 64.6% | falling |
| 4 | Ukraine | 6.1% | 2023 | up 2,238.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Ghana | 5.4% | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 5.2% | 2023 | up 156.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Rwanda | 5.1% | 2023 | up 153.2% | rising |
| 8 | Maldives | 5.1% | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 9 | Zambia | 5.0% | 2022 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.9% | 2023 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Gambia | 4.7% | 2022 | up 145.8% | falling |
| 12 | Mozambique | 4.7% | 2023 | up 96.6% | rising |
| 13 | Madagascar | 4.6% | 2024 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 14 | Georgia | 4.3% | 2024 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Uganda | 4.1% | 2023 | up 30.1% | falling |
| 16 | Papua New Guinea | 4.0% | 2023 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 17 | Guinea | 4.0% | 2021 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 18 | Turkey | 3.9% | 2023 | up 91.6% | falling |
| 19 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.5% | 2023 | up 156.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Tanzania | 3.5% | 2022 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 21 | Tonga | 3.4% | 2023 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 22 | Eswatini | 3.4% | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 23 | Micronesia (country) | 3.4% | 2023 | up 560.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Lesotho | 3.4% | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 25 | Belarus | 3.3% | 2023 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 26 | Bhutan | 3.3% | 2023 | up 25.8% | falling |
| 26 | Moldova | 3.3% | 2023 | up 78.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Gabon | 3.2% | 2023 | up 84.8% | rising |
| 29 | Botswana | 3.1% | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 30 | Pakistan | 3.1% | 2023 | up 99.4% | rising |
| 31 | Nigeria | 3.1% | 2023 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Congo | 3.1% | 2023 | up 35.1% | falling |
| 32 | Nicaragua | 3.1% | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 34 | Uruguay | 3.0% | 2023 | up 107.5% | rising |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 3.0% | 2023 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 36 | Kenya | 2.9% | 2023 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 2.9% | 2021 | — | falling |
| 38 | Namibia | 2.9% | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 39 | Estonia | 2.8% | 2023 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Latvia | 2.8% | 2023 | up 193.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Russia | 2.8% | 2023 | up 49.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Mexico | 2.8% | 2024 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 43 | Samoa | 2.8% | 2023 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 44 | Armenia | 2.7% | 2023 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Indonesia | 2.7% | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 46 | Montenegro | 2.6% | 2023 | up 2,075.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Uzbekistan | 2.5% | 2023 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 48 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.5% | 2023 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 49 | Mauritius | 2.5% | 2023 | up 93.8% | rising |
| 50 | Belize | 2.5% | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 51 | Burundi | 2.5% | 2017 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Cameroon | 2.5% | 2023 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 53 | Hungary | 2.4% | 2023 | up 995.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Paraguay | 2.4% | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 2.3% | 2023 | up 285.0% | rising |
| 56 | Iceland | 2.3% | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 57 | Cyprus | 2.3% | 2023 | up 149.1% | volatile |
| 58 | North Macedonia | 2.2% | 2023 | up 246.2% | rising |
| 59 | Lithuania | 2.2% | 2023 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Angola | 2.2% | 2021 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Saudi Arabia | 2.2% | 2023 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 62 | Peru | 2.1% | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 63 | Seychelles | 2.1% | 2021 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 64 | Croatia | 2.1% | 2023 | up 715.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Slovenia | 2.1% | 2024 | up 1,311.8% | volatile |
| 66 | United Arab Emirates | 2.0% | 2023 | up 19.4% | flat |
| 67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.0% | 2023 | up 2,985.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Anguilla | 2.0% | 2023 | up 246.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Ecuador | 2.0% | 2023 | up 30.1% | falling |
| 70 | Honduras | 2.0% | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 71 | El Salvador | 1.9% | 2023 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 72 | Panama | 1.9% | 2023 | up 19.9% | falling |
| 73 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.8% | 2023 | up 43.7% | falling |
| 73 | Kuwait | 1.8% | 2023 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 75 | Jordan | 1.8% | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 76 | Portugal | 1.8% | 2023 | up 334.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Philippines | 1.7% | 2023 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 78 | India | 1.7% | 2023 | up 71.0% | falling |
| 79 | Barbados | 1.7% | 2022 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Curacao | 1.7% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 80 | Sweden | 1.7% | 2023 | up 125.3% | rising |
| 82 | Bangladesh | 1.7% | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 83 | Fiji | 1.6% | 2021 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 83 | Israel | 1.6% | 2023 | up 86.2% | rising |
| 85 | Brazil | 1.6% | 2023 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 85 | Greece | 1.6% | 2023 | up 248.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Guatemala | 1.5% | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 89 | Chile | 1.5% | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 90 | Austria | 1.5% | 2023 | up 837.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Romania | 1.5% | 2022 | up 334.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Brunei | 1.5% | 2022 | up 140.3% | rising |
| 92 | Montserrat | 1.5% | 2023 | up 547.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Algeria | 1.5% | 2022 | up 147.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Poland | 1.4% | 2023 | up 33.0% | falling |
| 96 | South Africa | 1.4% | 2021 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 97 | Djibouti | 1.4% | 2023 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 97 | Saint Lucia | 1.4% | 2023 | up 318.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Chad | 1.4% | 2023 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Malaysia | 1.4% | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 101 | Czechia | 1.3% | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Singapore | 1.3% | 2019 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 101 | Slovakia | 1.3% | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 104 | United States | 1.3% | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 105 | Norway | 1.3% | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | 1.3% | 2022 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 106 | Morocco | 1.3% | 2022 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 108 | Iraq | 1.2% | 2023 | up 69.9% | rising |
| 109 | Thailand | 1.2% | 2023 | down 29.7% | flat |
| 111 | Grenada | 1.2% | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 112 | Italy | 1.2% | 2023 | up 257.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Finland | 1.2% | 2023 | up 155.3% | falling |
| 114 | Colombia | 1.1% | 2024 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 114 | Nepal | 1.1% | 2023 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 116 | Bolivia | 1.1% | 2023 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 117 | Tajikistan | 1.1% | 2021 | up 640.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Spain | 1.1% | 2023 | up 66.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Palestine | 1.1% | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 121 | Belgium | 1.1% | 2023 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 1.0% | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 123 | Hong Kong | 1.0% | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 124 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.0% | 2023 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Australia | 1.0% | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 125 | Cambodia | 1.0% | 2023 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 127 | Netherlands | 0.9% | 2023 | up 227.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Dominica | 0.9% | 2023 | up 840.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Switzerland | 0.9% | 2023 | up 95.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.8% | 2023 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Denmark | 0.8% | 2023 | up 1,283.3% | volatile |
| 132 | San Marino | 0.8% | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Canada | 0.8% | 2023 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 134 | Germany | 0.7% | 2021 | up 121.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Lebanon | 0.7% | 2019 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 136 | China | 0.7% | 2023 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 137 | United Kingdom | 0.7% | 2023 | up 3,400.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.7% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Central African Republic | 0.6% | 2023 | up 143.7% | volatile |
| 140 | France | 0.5% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 141 | South Korea | 0.5% | 2022 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 141 | Vanuatu | 0.5% | 2017 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Comoros | 0.5% | 2022 | up 190.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Macao | 0.2% | 2023 | down 78.9% | falling |
| 145 | Vietnam | -1.0% | 2023 | down 230.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Equatorial Guinea | -1.2% | 2023 | down 173.8% | volatile |
About this data
Return on assets (%)