Syndicated loan issuance volume to GDP (%) by country
Countries reporting
133
Highest
125.1%
Marshall Islands
Lowest
0.0%
Argentina
Median
1.1%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
2,163
What the numbers show
Syndicated loan issuance volume to GDP (%) is currently reported for 133 countries. The highest value is 125.1% in Marshall Islands; the lowest is 0.0% in Argentina.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.1%, and the mean is 5.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5,440.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 22,912.6%), and the largest decrease in Uganda (down 96.8%).
Syndicated loan issuance volume to GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshall Islands | 125.1% | 2021 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Mozambique | 106.2% | 2020 | up 22,912.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Grenada | 93.6% | 2021 | up 210.2% | rising |
| 4 | Monaco | 26.7% | 2020 | up 210.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Bermuda | 24.9% | 2021 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 16.4% | 2021 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Canada | 16.1% | 2021 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 8 | Singapore | 13.4% | 2021 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 12.1% | 2021 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 10 | Switzerland | 12.0% | 2021 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 11 | Faroe Islands | 11.9% | 2019 | up 1,313.1% | volatile |
| 12 | United States | 11.7% | 2021 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 13 | Malta | 10.4% | 2021 | up 1,723.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Sweden | 10.1% | 2021 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 15 | Netherlands | 8.9% | 2021 | up 25.7% | falling |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 8.8% | 2020 | up 93.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Norway | 6.9% | 2021 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 18 | Australia | 6.4% | 2021 | down 17.3% | flat |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 6.4% | 2021 | up 183.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Denmark | 6.3% | 2021 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Panama | 6.2% | 2021 | up 259.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Ireland | 6.0% | 2021 | up 98.2% | rising |
| 23 | France | 6.0% | 2021 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 24 | Maldives | 5.8% | 2018 | up 64.9% | volatile |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 5.7% | 2021 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 26 | Isle of Man | 5.4% | 2019 | up 423.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Finland | 5.4% | 2021 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 28 | Spain | 5.2% | 2021 | up 28.1% | falling |
| 29 | Congo | 5.0% | 2014 | up 61.7% | falling |
| 30 | Macao | 5.0% | 2021 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Jamaica | 4.9% | 2019 | up 770.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Guam | 4.8% | 2020 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 33 | Mauritius | 4.8% | 2021 | up 131.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Bahrain | 4.7% | 2021 | up 110.3% | volatile |
| 35 | New Zealand | 4.7% | 2021 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 36 | Germany | 4.6% | 2021 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 37 | Liberia | 4.6% | 2020 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Oman | 4.2% | 2021 | up 82.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Czechia | 4.1% | 2021 | up 265.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Italy | 4.0% | 2021 | up 141.5% | flat |
| 41 | Japan | 3.8% | 2021 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 42 | Belgium | 3.8% | 2021 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Ghana | 3.6% | 2021 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Mongolia | 3.4% | 2019 | up 1,358.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Cayman Islands | 3.3% | 2018 | down 69.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Cyprus | 2.9% | 2021 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Colombia | 2.4% | 2021 | up 78.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Greece | 2.2% | 2021 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Papua New Guinea | 2.1% | 2021 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Barbados | 2.0% | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 51 | Russia | 2.0% | 2021 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Chile | 2.0% | 2021 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Angola | 1.8% | 2021 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Malaysia | 1.5% | 2021 | down 41.2% | rising |
| 55 | Turkey | 1.5% | 2021 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Mexico | 1.5% | 2021 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 1.4% | 2021 | up 443.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Mali | 1.4% | 2020 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Bahamas | 1.4% | 2018 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Brazil | 1.3% | 2021 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Indonesia | 1.3% | 2021 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 62 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.3% | 2019 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Botswana | 1.2% | 2021 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Georgia | 1.1% | 2019 | up 423.1% | volatile |
| 65 | China | 1.1% | 2021 | up 203.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Uzbekistan | 1.1% | 2021 | down 75.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 1.1% | 2021 | up 103.3% | volatile |
| 68 | South Africa | 1.1% | 2021 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Vietnam | 1.1% | 2021 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Thailand | 1.1% | 2021 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Portugal | 1.0% | 2021 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Moldova | 1.0% | 2021 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Senegal | 1.0% | 2020 | down 33.3% | flat |
| 74 | Bolivia | 1.0% | 2013 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Poland | 1.0% | 2021 | down 67.4% | falling |
| 76 | Philippines | 0.9% | 2021 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 77 | India | 0.9% | 2021 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Kenya | 0.8% | 2021 | up 483.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Austria | 0.8% | 2021 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Guinea | 0.8% | 2021 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Kuwait | 0.7% | 2020 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 0.7% | 2021 | up 109.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Peru | 0.7% | 2021 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Iceland | 0.7% | 2020 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Guatemala | 0.7% | 2020 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Latvia | 0.7% | 2019 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 87 | Laos | 0.7% | 2019 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Myanmar | 0.6% | 2020 | up 269.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Honduras | 0.6% | 2019 | up 200.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Nicaragua | 0.6% | 2015 | up 50.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Israel | 0.6% | 2021 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.5% | 2021 | up 103.6% | volatile |
| 93 | South Korea | 0.5% | 2021 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Ukraine | 0.5% | 2021 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Hungary | 0.5% | 2021 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Slovenia | 0.5% | 2021 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Egypt | 0.5% | 2021 | down 72.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Ethiopia | 0.4% | 2017 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Gabon | 0.4% | 2020 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Cameroon | 0.4% | 2021 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Serbia | 0.4% | 2021 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Puerto Rico | 0.4% | 2020 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Paraguay | 0.4% | 2021 | down 20.8% | flat |
| 104 | Armenia | 0.4% | 2020 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Romania | 0.3% | 2021 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 106 | El Salvador | 0.3% | 2019 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Burkina Faso | 0.3% | 2020 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Slovakia | 0.3% | 2021 | up 160.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Qatar | 0.3% | 2021 | down 94.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Uganda | 0.3% | 2020 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Tanzania | 0.3% | 2018 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Jordan | 0.2% | 2019 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Belarus | 0.2% | 2019 | up 228.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Algeria | 0.2% | 2015 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Uruguay | 0.2% | 2021 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Cambodia | 0.2% | 2020 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.2% | 2017 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Sri Lanka | 0.2% | 2019 | up 88.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Venezuela | 0.2% | 2012 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Estonia | 0.2% | 2019 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Kazakhstan | 0.2% | 2020 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Zambia | 0.2% | 2021 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Bangladesh | 0.2% | 2021 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2021 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Morocco | 0.1% | 2021 | up 266.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Pakistan | 0.1% | 2021 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Ecuador | 0.1% | 2019 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Lithuania | 0.1% | 2020 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Iran | 0.1% | 2006 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Dominican Republic | 0.1% | 2021 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2017 | down 90.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Nigeria | 0.1% | 2021 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Argentina | 0.0% | 2021 | down 93.6% | volatile |