SME loan accounts (as a % of non-financial corporation borrowers) by country

Countries reporting
31
Highest
100.0%
Poland
Lowest
4.2%
Madagascar
Median
65.8%
Years covered
7
2011–2017
Data points
209

What the numbers show

SME loan accounts (as a % of non-financial corporation borrowers) is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Poland; the lowest is 4.2% in Madagascar.

The median across all reporting countries is 65.8%, and the mean is 61.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 2,456.4%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 80.6%).

SME loan accounts: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Poland 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 North Macedonia 100.0% 2017 up 21.3% rising
3 Japan 97.5% 2017 down 0.1% flat
4 Portugal 95.8% 2017 down 2.9% flat
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 95.4% 2017 up 5.6% rising
6 Dominican Republic 95.0% 2017 up 1.5% flat
7 Romania 91.4% 2017 down 2.3% flat
8 Equatorial Guinea 89.5% 2016 up 0.7% rising
9 Belgium 89.4% 2017 down 4.2% flat
10 Georgia 89.0% 2017 up 423.5% rising
11 Malaysia 86.8% 2017 up 7.2% rising
12 Burundi 82.4% 2015 rising
13 Samoa 82.4% 2017 down 16.5% falling
14 Peru 72.9% 2017 up 11.1% rising
15 Guinea 72.4% 2017 up 2,456.4% volatile
16 Colombia 65.8% 2017 up 2.5% flat
17 Central African Republic 55.1% 2017 down 3.9% falling
18 Hungary 52.4% 2017 down 12.3% falling
19 Argentina 48.1% 2017 down 7.8% falling
20 Micronesia, Federated States of 47.9% 2017 down 50.8% falling
21 Brunei Darussalam 42.1% 2017 up 4.1% flat
22 Fiji 39.8% 2017 up 40.7% rising
23 Bangladesh 38.6% 2017 up 68.3% rising
24 South Sudan 35.6% 2017 down 63.6% falling
25 Chad 32.6% 2017 falling
26 Comoros 26.1% 2017 up 136.5% rising
27 Myanmar 19.4% 2017 down 80.6% falling
28 Italy 17.1% 2017 down 32.3% falling
29 Namibia 15.7% 2016 up 233.1% rising
30 Nicaragua 11.9% 2017 down 58.9% falling
31 Madagascar 4.2% 2017 down 59.0% falling

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Indicator
SME loan accounts (as a % of non-financial corporation borrowers)
Unit
as a % of non-financial corporation borrowers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
31 places, 209 data points, 2011–2017
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