El Salvador vs Saudi Arabia: Consolidated foreign claims of BIS reporting banks to GDP

El Salvador
14.1%
in 2020
Saudi Arabia
14.6%
in 2020
El Salvador rank
102nd
Saudi Arabia rank
101st

Consolidated foreign claims of BIS reporting banks to GDP over time

  • El Salvador
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 14.6% against 14.1% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1983 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 102nd and Saudi Arabia ranks 101st of 182 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Saudi Arabia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1980s 5.7% 6.0% 0.3% Saudi Arabia
1990s 8.7% 7.1% 1.6% El Salvador
2000s 29.1% 8.0% 21.1% El Salvador
2010s 29.3% 11.4% 17.9% El Salvador
2020s 14.1% 14.6% 0.5% Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher consolidated foreign claims of bis reporting banks to gdp, El Salvador or Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia, at 14.6% against 14.1% in El Salvador as of 2020.
What is the difference in consolidated foreign claims of bis reporting banks to gdp between El Salvador and Saudi Arabia?
0.5%, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Saudi Arabia?
38 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2020.
How do El Salvador and Saudi Arabia rank globally for consolidated foreign claims of bis reporting banks to gdp?
El Salvador ranks 102nd and Saudi Arabia ranks 101st of 182 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Consolidated banking statistics, Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as Consolidated foreign claims of BIS reporting banks to GDP (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Consolidated foreign claims of BIS reporting banks to GDP (%)
Unit
%
Source
Consolidated banking statistics, Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
182 places, 6,146 data points, 1983–2020
Last refreshed

The ratio of consolidated foreign claims to GDP of the banks that are reporting to BIS. Foreign claims are defined as the sum of cross-border claims plus foreign offices’ local claims in all currencies. In the consolidated banking statistics claims that are granted or extended to nonresidents are referred to as either cross-border claims. In the context of the consolidated banking statistics, local claims refer to claims of domestic banks’ foreign affiliates (branches/subsidiaries) on the residents of the host country (i.e. country of residence of affiliates). Items (A+L from BIS Table 9A). End-of-year data (i.e. December data) are considered for banks claims. GDP is from World Development Indicators.