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Foreign bank assets among total banks assets (%) by country

Countries reporting
129
Highest
100.0%
Gibraltar
Lowest
0.0%
Greece
Median
46.2%
Years covered
6
2011–2016
Data points
789

What the numbers show

Foreign bank assets among total banks assets (%) is currently reported for 129 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Gibraltar; the lowest is 0.0% in Greece.

The median across all reporting countries is 46.2%, and the mean is 47.8%.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 4,087.0%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 100.0%).

Foreign bank assets among total banks assets: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gibraltar 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Nicaragua 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Palau 100.0% 2016 up 1.0% flat
1 Turks and Caicos Islands 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
5 Lesotho 99.9% 2016 down 0.0% flat
6 Macao 99.7% 2016 up 0.3% flat
7 Madagascar 99.4% 2016 down 0.6% flat
8 Aruba 99.0% 2016 unchanged flat
8 Cayman Islands 99.0% 2016 unchanged flat
8 Mozambique 99.0% 2016 unchanged flat
8 Slovakia 99.0% 2016 unchanged flat
12 Namibia 98.4% 2016 up 40.6% rising
13 Belize 94.5% 2016 down 5.5% falling
14 Estonia 94.0% 2016 down 2.1% flat
15 Luxembourg 93.1% 2016 down 1.0% flat
16 New Zealand 92.9% 2016 down 1.1% flat
17 Lithuania 92.0% 2016 up 2.2% flat
18 Romania 91.3% 2016 up 10.0% rising
19 Botswana 91.0% 2016 down 1.1% flat
19 Fiji 91.0% 2016 down 9.0% falling
19 British Virgin Islands 91.0% 2016 down 4.2% flat
22 El Salvador 90.9% 2016 down 2.8% flat
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 90.8% 2016 down 0.3% flat
24 Croatia 90.2% 2016 down 0.4% flat
25 Kosovo 89.0% 2016 unchanged flat
25 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 89.0% 2016 unchanged flat
27 Czechia 88.0% 2016 up 4.8% flat
28 Albania 85.2% 2016 down 5.6% falling
29 Antigua and Barbuda 83.0% 2016 unchanged flat
30 Tonga 81.4% 2016 down 6.0% falling
31 Zimbabwe 81.0% 2016 down 2.4% flat
32 Uganda 80.7% 2016 up 0.2% flat
33 Liberia 80.0% 2016 unchanged flat
34 Curacao 79.0% 2016 up 6.8% rising
35 Latvia 78.5% 2016 up 26.9% rising
36 Serbia 76.7% 2016 up 3.5% flat
37 Bulgaria 76.5% 2016 down 0.1% flat
38 Montenegro 75.5% 2016 down 15.8% falling
39 Hungary 73.2% 2016 down 5.5% falling
40 Gambia 73.0% 2016 down 5.2% falling
41 Georgia 72.5% 2016 down 7.2% flat
42 Cape Verde 71.0% 2016 — flat
43 North Macedonia 69.9% 2016 down 24.4% falling
44 Kyrgyzstan 63.5% 2016 up 38.3% rising
45 Singapore 63.4% 2016 down 7.7% falling
46 Jamaica 62.9% 2016 down 5.6% falling
47 Belgium 62.0% 2016 down 4.6% flat
48 Finland 61.0% 2016 down 20.8% falling
49 Seychelles 59.0% 2016 down 15.7% falling
50 Maldives 58.0% 2016 down 12.1% falling
51 Marshall Islands 57.0% 2016 up 21.3% rising
52 Poland 56.6% 2016 down 12.9% falling
53 Guyana 54.0% 2016 down 1.8% flat
54 Ghana 53.0% 2016 up 1.9% flat
55 Armenia 52.7% 2016 down 6.4% falling
56 Mauritius 51.0% 2016 down 21.5% falling
57 United Kingdom 50.0% 2016 up 4.2% rising
57 Papua New Guinea 50.0% 2016 unchanged flat
59 Slovenia 49.8% 2016 up 71.4% rising
60 Pakistan 49.0% 2016 down 5.8% falling
60 Peru 49.0% 2016 up 2.7% flat
62 Mexico 48.6% 2016 down 33.1% falling
63 Uruguay 48.0% 2016 up 4.3% flat
64 Palestine 47.0% 2016 down 23.8% falling
65 Moldova 46.2% 2016 up 13.0% rising
66 Chile 44.6% 2016 up 19.4% rising
67 Honduras 44.0% 2016 down 6.4% falling
68 Tanzania 43.6% 2016 down 13.6% falling
69 Trinidad and Tobago 43.6% 2016 up 0.7% flat
70 Panama 41.7% 2016 down 18.2% falling
71 Paraguay 38.0% 2016 down 7.3% falling
72 Jordan 33.8% 2016 up 6.0% rising
73 Ukraine 33.7% 2016 down 44.0% falling
74 Costa Rica 33.0% 2016 up 3.1% flat
75 Tunisia 32.6% 2016 up 5.2% flat
76 Kenya 30.9% 2016 down 12.5% falling
77 Belarus 30.7% 2016 down 9.7% falling
78 Mauritania 29.6% 2016 up 13.0% rising
79 Turkey 29.4% 2016 up 79.3% rising
80 Malawi 27.0% 2016 up 8.0% rising
81 Argentina 26.9% 2016 down 9.9% flat
82 Colombia 26.2% 2016 up 35.2% rising
83 Thailand 26.0% 2016 down 3.7% flat
84 Austria 25.5% 2016 up 19.7% rising
85 San Marino 25.3% 2016 up 7.7% flat
86 Angola 25.0% 2016 unchanged flat
87 Guatemala 24.5% 2016 up 24.4% rising
88 Norway 24.0% 2016 unchanged flat
89 Burundi 23.4% 2016 down 20.1% falling
90 Indonesia 23.0% 2016 up 3.1% flat
90 Portugal 23.0% 2016 up 4.5% rising
92 Cyprus 22.0% 2016 down 41.2% falling
93 Malaysia 21.3% 2016 down 4.5% flat
94 Rwanda 21.0% 2016 down 44.7% falling
95 Nigeria 20.7% 2016 up 114.6% rising
96 Vietnam 20.0% 2016 down 9.1% falling
97 South Africa 19.3% 2016 up 4,087.0% volatile
98 Morocco 16.4% 2016 down 14.6% falling
99 Suriname 16.0% 2015 — falling
100 Brazil 15.1% 2016 down 17.5% falling
101 Taiwan 14.6% 2016 up 9.7% rising
102 Russia 13.0% 2016 down 23.1% falling
103 Oman 12.7% 2016 up 10.4% rising
104 Australia 12.1% 2016 up 2.5% flat
105 France 11.4% 2016 down 26.5% falling
106 Samoa 11.1% 2016 up 65.7% rising
107 Switzerland 10.2% 2016 down 21.5% falling
108 Sri Lanka 9.3% 2016 down 17.0% falling
109 Dominican Republic 8.6% 2016 up 7.5% rising
110 Germany 8.3% 2016 up 12.2% rising
111 Bhutan 8.0% 2016 up 14.3% flat
111 Tajikistan 8.0% 2016 up 27.0% rising
113 Philippines 7.8% 2016 down 32.8% falling
114 Netherlands 7.2% 2016 down 35.7% falling
115 India 6.2% 2016 down 17.7% falling
116 Spain 6.0% 2016 down 25.0% falling
117 Kuwait 5.3% 2016 unchanged rising
118 South Korea 5.0% 2016 down 28.6% falling
119 Bangladesh 4.8% 2016 down 27.4% falling
120 Haiti 4.6% 2016 down 26.6% falling
121 Japan 4.4% 2016 up 2.3% rising
122 Canada 4.0% 2016 down 20.0% falling
123 Lebanon 3.8% 2016 down 65.5% falling
124 Qatar 2.8% 2016 down 37.8% falling
125 Israel 1.8% 2016 down 25.0% falling
126 Ecuador 1.6% 2016 down 10.5% falling
127 China 1.3% 2016 down 31.6% falling
128 Bolivia 0.4% 2016 down 60.0% falling
129 Greece 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Foreign bank assets among total banks assets (%)
Unit
%
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
132 places, 789 data points, 2011–2016
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