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CodeGFDD.EI.10
Indicator NameBank return on equity (%, before tax)
Short definitionCommercial banks’ pre-tax income to yearly averaged equity.
Long definitionCommercial banks’ pre-tax income to yearly averaged equity. Raw data are from Bankscope and Orbis. The formula applied to Bankscope is data10270[t] / ((data2055[t] + data2055[t-1])/2) and a comparable approach is applied to Orbis. 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 and Orbis. The result is not reported if a country-year has less than 3 bank-level observations.
SourceBankscope (2000-14) and Orbis (2015-21), Bureau van Dijk (BvD)
TopicEfficiency
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