Bahamas vs Samoa: External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors

Bahamas
1,404.0%
in 2020
Samoa
4,774.4%
in 2021
Bahamas rank
3rd
Samoa rank
1st

External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors over time

  • Bahamas
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 4,774.4% against 1,404.0% in Bahamas, a difference of 3,370.4%.

That makes Samoa's figure about 3.4 times Bahamas's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Bahamas ahead.

Bahamas ranks 3rd and Samoa ranks 1st of 181 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 2 and Samoa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahamas Samoa Difference Ahead
1990s 6,552.7% 49.7% 6,503.0% Bahamas
2000s 7,181.1% 1,644.5% 5,536.6% Bahamas
2010s 3,544.0% 4,271.2% 727.2% Samoa
2020s 1,404.0% 4,934.7% 3,530.7% Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors, Bahamas or Samoa?
Samoa, at 4,774.4% against 1,404.0% in Bahamas as of 2021.
What is the difference in external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors between Bahamas and Samoa?
3,370.4%, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Samoa?
26 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2020.
How do Bahamas and Samoa rank globally for external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors?
Bahamas ranks 3rd and Samoa ranks 1st of 181 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors (% of domestic bank deposits). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors (% of domestic bank deposits)
Unit
% of domestic bank deposits
Source
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
181 places, 4,509 data points, 1995–2021
Last refreshed

Data is from BIS Statistical Appendix Table 7A: External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors; bank deposits from IFS (IFS lines 24 and 25). End of year data (i.e. December data) are used.