Which has higher foreign banks among total banks, Costa Rica or United Arab Emirates?

United Arab Emirates, at 22.0% against 21.0% in Costa Rica as of 2013.

What is the difference in foreign banks among total banks between Costa Rica and United Arab Emirates?

1.0%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and United Arab Emirates?

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.

Costa Rica vs United Arab Emirates: Foreign banks among total banks

Costa Rica

21.0%

in 2013

United Arab Emirates

22.0%

in 2013

Costa Rica rank

99th

United Arab Emirates rank

96th

Foreign banks among total banks over time

Costa Rica
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 22.0% against 21.0% in Costa Rica, a difference of 1.0%.

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

Costa Rica ranks 99th and United Arab Emirates ranks 96th of 137 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and United Arab Emirates in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
1990s	16.4%	18.0%	1.6%	United Arab Emirates
2000s	21.0%	18.7%	2.3%	Costa Rica
2010s	21.2%	22.0%	0.8%	United Arab Emirates

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign banks among total banks, Costa Rica or United Arab Emirates?: United Arab Emirates, at 22.0% against 21.0% in Costa Rica as of 2013.
What is the difference in foreign banks among total banks between Costa Rica and United Arab Emirates?: 1.0%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and United Arab Emirates?: 19 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2013.
How do Costa Rica and United Arab Emirates rank globally for foreign banks among total banks?: Costa Rica ranks 99th and United Arab Emirates ranks 96th 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.

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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.