| Current Rank | Country | Value | Latest Reading | Previous Rank | Previous Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 ↑ | Pakistan | 28.52 | 2020 | 2 | 24.64 |
| 2 ↑ | Kazakhstan | 26.84 | 2019 | 11 | 14.92 |
| 3 ↑ | Turkmenistan | 23.96 | 2019 | 5 | 20.77 |
| 4 ↓ | Tajikistan | 19.51 | 2020 | 1 | 92.84 |
| 5 ↑ | Bangladesh | 18.62 | 2020 | 7 | 19.38 |
| 6 | Macao | 17.32 | 2020 | 6 | 19.88 |
| 7 ↑ | Burma (Myanmar) | 13.95 | 2019 | 18 | 12.5 |
| 8 | Vietnam | 13.89 | 2020 | 8 | 15.95 |
| 9 | Singapore | 13.81 | 2019 | 9 | 15.76 |
| 10 ↑ | Mongolia | 13.38 | 2019 | 22 | 11.05 |
| 11 ↓ | Nepal | 13.26 | 2020 | 4 | 21.18 |
| 12 | Cambodia | 13.18 | 2020 | 12 | 14.45 |
| 13 ↑ | China | 11.73 | 2020 | 15 | 13.11 |
| 14 ↑ | South Korea | 10.48 | 2020 | 21 | 11.23 |
| 15 ↑ | Indonesia | 9.51 | 2020 | 17 | 12.61 |
| 16 ↑ | Russia | 9.43 | 2020 | 23 | 10.73 |
| 17 ↓ | Hong Kong | 9 | 2020 | 13 | 14.35 |
| 18 ↑ | Sri Lanka | 8.84 | 2020 | 19 | 12.19 |
| 19 ↓ | Azerbaijan | 8.76 | 2020 | 10 | 15.59 |
| 20 ↑ | Kyrgyzstan | 8.02 | 2020 | 27 | 7.57 |
| 21 ↑ | Taiwan | 7.54 | 2018 | 25 | 8.45 |
| 22 ↓ | Maldives | 6.95 | 2020 | 3 | 21.82 |
| 23 ↓ | Uzbekistan | 6.63 | 2020 | 20 | 12.05 |
| 24 ↑ | Malaysia | 5.99 | 2020 | 26 | 7.76 |
| 25 ↑ | Thailand | 5.16 | 2020 | 28 | 6.96 |
| 26 ↓ | Philippines | 4.66 | 2020 | 24 | 8.61 |
| 27 ↓ | Laos | 4.17 | 2020 | 16 | 13.04 |
| 28 ↑ | Japan | 3.96 | 2020 | 30 | 4.53 |
| 29 | India | 2.53 | 2020 | 29 | 4.72 |
| 30 ↑ | North Korea | 0 | 2001 | 31 | 0 |
| 31 ↓ | Bhutan | -4.48 | 2020 | 14 | 14.23 |
Commercial banks' pre-tax income to yearly averaged equity. The 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.
