Which has higher foreign banks among total banks, Argentina or United States of America?

Argentina, at 32.0% against 31.0% in United States of America as of 2013.

How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and United States of America?

19 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2013.

Where does this data come from?

Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen, 2012. "Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability" IMF Working Paper, WP/12/10, published as Foreign banks among total banks (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Argentina vs United States of America: Foreign banks among total banks

Argentina

32.0%

in 2013

United States of America

31.0%

in 2013

Argentina rank

85th

United States of America rank

87th

Foreign banks among total banks over time

Argentina
United States of America

How they compare

Argentina currently reports 32.0% against 31.0% in United States of America, a difference of 1.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Argentina ahead.

Argentina ranks 85th and United States of America ranks 87th of 137 countries.

Argentina has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Argentina	United States of America	Difference	Ahead
1990s	28.8%	15.8%	13.0%	Argentina
2000s	33.8%	23.8%	10.0%	Argentina
2010s	32.5%	31.8%	0.8%	Argentina

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign banks among total banks, Argentina or United States of America?: Argentina, at 32.0% against 31.0% in United States of America as of 2013.
What is the difference in foreign banks among total banks between Argentina and United States of America?: 1.0%, with Argentina ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and United States of America?: 19 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2013.
How do Argentina and United States of America rank globally for foreign banks among total banks?: Argentina ranks 85th and United States of America ranks 87th of 137 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen, 2012. "Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability" IMF Working Paper, WP/12/10, published as Foreign banks among total banks (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Argentina vs United States of America: Foreign banks among total banks. Statizoid, drawing on Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen, 2012. "Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability" IMF Working Paper, WP/12/10. Retrieved 12 September 2026, from https://financial-sector.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-banks-among-total-banks-percent/argentina/united-states/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://financial-sector.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-banks-among-total-banks-percent/argentina/united-states/">Argentina vs United States of America: Foreign banks among total banks</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Foreign banks among total banks (%)
Unit: %
Source: Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen, 2012. "Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability" IMF Working Paper, WP/12/10
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 137 places, 2,603 data points, 1995–2013
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Percentage of the number of foreign owned banks to the number of the total banks in an Economy. A foreign bank is a bank where 50 percent or more of its shares are owned by foreigners.