Corporate bond average maturity (years) by country

Countries reporting
80
Highest
99.62 years
Finland
Lowest
3.07 years
Iceland
Median
8.97 years
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,289

What the numbers show

Corporate bond average maturity (years) is currently reported for 80 countries. The highest value is 99.62 years in Finland; the lowest is 3.07 years in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.97 years, and the mean is 21.21 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 32.

Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Singapore (up 2,527.8%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 63.2%).

Corporate bond average maturity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Finland 99.62 years 2021 up 1,212.5% volatile
2 Spain 86.41 years 2020 up 1,237.4% volatile
3 Singapore 83.59 years 2018 up 2,527.8% volatile
4 Italy 79.06 years 2021 up 913.7% volatile
5 France 75.43 years 2021 up 792.0% volatile
6 China 69.51 years 2021 up 1,222.3% volatile
7 Czechia 65.85 years 2019 up 952.7% volatile
8 Malaysia 62.42 years 2021 up 745.5% volatile
9 Brazil 62.07 years 2021 up 664.6% volatile
10 Portugal 53.73 years 2021 up 1,021.3% volatile
11 Sweden 51.94 years 2020 up 662.2% volatile
12 Israel 49.24 years 2021 up 746.8% volatile
13 Austria 41.44 years 2021 up 427.3% volatile
14 Mexico 40.28 years 2021 up 313.9% volatile
15 India 38.35 years 2021 up 315.7% volatile
16 Germany 35.23 years 2021 up 477.8% volatile
17 Panama 34.06 years 2021 up 118.5% volatile
18 Canada 32.58 years 2021 up 147.6% rising
19 United States 32.41 years 2021 up 210.3% volatile
20 Australia 30.21 years 2021 up 166.9% rising
21 Denmark 27.28 years 2020 up 176.7% volatile
22 Netherlands 26.72 years 2021 up 211.1% volatile
23 Russia 26.01 years 2021 up 264.1% volatile
24 United Kingdom 23.8 years 2021 up 141.3% volatile
25 Puerto Rico 21.92 years 2013 up 118.7% volatile
26 Japan 21.34 years 2021 up 216.1% volatile
27 Thailand 19.62 years 2021 up 139.2% volatile
28 Qatar 18.05 years 2021 up 254.8% rising
29 Chile 17.45 years 2021 up 70.0% rising
30 Jamaica 16.68 years 2020 up 116.5% rising
31 Bahamas 12.56 years 2021 down 44.2% rising
32 Norway 11.38 years 2021 up 64.9% volatile
33 United Arab Emirates 11.28 years 2021 up 75.8% volatile
34 Peru 11 years 2021 down 18.2% rising
35 Colombia 10.83 years 2021 up 7.3% rising
36 Switzerland 10.2 years 2021 up 30.0% volatile
38 Costa Rica 10.03 years 2021 up 0.1% volatile
39 Pakistan 10.03 years 2021 up 96.5% rising
40 Slovakia 10.02 years 2021 down 37.9% rising
42 South Africa 9.03 years 2021 up 6.1% rising
43 Hong Kong 8.91 years 2015 up 21.3% rising
44 Belgium 8.65 years 2021 up 25.6% volatile
45 Oman 8.36 years 2021 up 66.5% rising
46 Indonesia 8.07 years 2021 down 25.5% volatile
47 Guatemala 8.04 years 2021 down 19.9% rising
48 New Zealand 7.94 years 2021 down 15.9% rising
49 Argentina 7.79 years 2021 up 15.2% rising
50 Philippines 7.48 years 2017 up 45.8% flat
51 Saudi Arabia 7.42 years 2021 up 34.3% rising
52 Macao 7.37 years 2021 up 258.2% rising
53 Trinidad and Tobago 7.05 years 2021 down 29.6% falling
54 Bulgaria 7.02 years 2021 up 40.4% rising
54 Kuwait 7.02 years 2021 up 39.5% rising
54 Georgia 7.02 years 2021 up 6.5% falling
57 Dominican Republic 7.02 years 2021 down 0.0% falling
58 Cyprus 7.02 years 2019 down 12.5% rising
59 Serbia 6.99 years 2021 down 0.5% rising
60 Turkey 6.9 years 2021 up 39.9% rising
61 Poland 6.76 years 2021 up 11.2% rising
62 Romania 6.48 years 2020 rising
63 Bahrain 5.9 years 2021 down 15.8% rising
64 Ukraine 5.68 years 2021 down 10.6% rising
65 Greece 5.61 years 2021 up 10.4% falling
66 Bermuda 5.43 years 2021 down 44.2% falling
67 Uruguay 5.39 years 2020 down 32.9% falling
68 Belarus 5.17 years 2021 up 72.9% rising
69 Kazakhstan 5.11 years 2021 down 36.2% rising
71 Vietnam 5.04 years 2021 up 0.2% flat
72 Azerbaijan 5.03 years 2020 unchanged volatile
73 Slovenia 5.02 years 2014 down 63.2% falling
73 Latvia 5.02 years 2019 up 53.8% rising
73 Estonia 5.02 years 2021 down 28.6% falling
76 Lithuania 5.02 years 2021 down 0.5% rising
76 Nigeria 5.02 years 2021 up 67.2% rising
78 Croatia 5.02 years 2021 down 14.9% rising
79 South Korea 4.74 years 2021 up 6.8% rising
80 Hungary 4.48 years 2021 up 8.9% rising
81 Venezuela 4.02 years 2016 down 59.7% volatile
82 Laos 3.77 years 2021 down 46.0% falling
83 Iceland 3.07 years 2020 down 38.6% falling

About this data

Indicator
Corporate bond average maturity (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
83 places, 1,289 data points, 2000–2021
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