5-bank asset concentration by country
Raw data are from Bankscope. (Sum(data2025) for five largest banks in Bankscope) / (Sum(data2025) for all banks in Bankscope). Only reported if number of banks in Bankscope is 5 or more. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope.
Countries reporting
147
Highest
100
Burundi
Lowest
27.19
Nepal
Median
87.27
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
2,766
What the numbers show
5-bank asset concentration is currently reported for 147 countries. The highest value is 100 in Burundi; the lowest is 27.19 in Nepal.
The median across all reporting countries is 87.27, and the mean is 83.14.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Russia (up 89.2%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 52.5%).
5-bank asset concentration: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 100 | 2021 | — | flat |
| 1 | Cameroon | 100 | 2020 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 1 | Cuba | 100 | 2006 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Curacao | 100 | 2021 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 1 | Fiji | 100 | 2020 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 1 | Mali | 100 | 2020 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 1 | Myanmar | 100 | 2021 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 1 | Namibia | 100 | 2020 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100 | 2020 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 1 | Sudan | 100 | 2009 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Senegal | 100 | 2020 | up 24.4% | falling |
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 100 | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100 | 2010 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 1 | Yemen | 100 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 100 | 2021 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 16 | Kuwait | 99.72 | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 17 | Bermuda | 99.6 | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 18 | Nicaragua | 99.58 | 2021 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 19 | Tajikistan | 99.55 | 2021 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 20 | South Africa | 99.34 | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 21 | Estonia | 99.3 | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 22 | Mongolia | 99.09 | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 23 | Slovakia | 99.06 | 2021 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 24 | Lithuania | 98.79 | 2018 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 25 | Bahrain | 98.43 | 2021 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 26 | Montenegro | 98.13 | 2021 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 27 | Greece | 98.07 | 2021 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 29 | Haiti | 97.36 | 2021 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 30 | Madagascar | 97.09 | 2019 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 31 | Guyana | 97.04 | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 32 | Jamaica | 96.54 | 2021 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 33 | Finland | 95.91 | 2021 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 34 | Gabon | 95.89 | 2018 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 35 | Portugal | 95.08 | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 36 | Israel | 94.51 | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 37 | Benin | 94.43 | 2019 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 38 | Germany | 94.28 | 2021 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 39 | Botswana | 94.19 | 2021 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 40 | Malawi | 94.06 | 2020 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 41 | Cape Verde | 93.89 | 2021 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 42 | Algeria | 93.67 | 2020 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 43 | North Macedonia | 93.58 | 2020 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 44 | Norway | 93.58 | 2021 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 45 | Sweden | 93.15 | 2021 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 46 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 92.97 | 2020 | up 18.5% | flat |
| 47 | Mauritania | 92.9 | 2019 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 92.87 | 2021 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 49 | Netherlands | 92.56 | 2021 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 50 | Mozambique | 92.49 | 2021 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 51 | Venezuela | 92.47 | 2021 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 52 | Cayman Islands | 92.47 | 2009 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 53 | Singapore | 92.22 | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 54 | Macao | 92.21 | 2021 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 55 | Cote d'Ivoire | 91.61 | 2021 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 56 | Tanzania | 91.54 | 2021 | up 36.3% | falling |
| 57 | Cyprus | 91.44 | 2021 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 58 | Zambia | 91.41 | 2021 | up 22.6% | falling |
| 59 | Australia | 91.23 | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 60 | Georgia | 91.09 | 2021 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 61 | Moldova | 90.24 | 2021 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 62 | Colombia | 90.15 | 2021 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 63 | Latvia | 89.92 | 2021 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 64 | Denmark | 89.89 | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 89.72 | 2021 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 66 | Libya | 89.63 | 2019 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 67 | Uruguay | 89.27 | 2021 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 68 | Uganda | 88.49 | 2021 | up 23.2% | falling |
| 69 | Belgium | 88.32 | 2021 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 88.2 | 2021 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 71 | South Korea | 87.96 | 2021 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 72 | Albania | 87.86 | 2021 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 73 | New Zealand | 87.82 | 2021 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 74 | Peru | 87.59 | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 75 | El Salvador | 87.27 | 2021 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 76 | Niger | 86.55 | 2019 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 78 | Croatia | 85.87 | 2021 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 79 | Belarus | 85.83 | 2021 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 80 | Guinea | 85.31 | 2020 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 81 | United Arab Emirates | 85.22 | 2021 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 82 | Spain | 85.05 | 2021 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 83 | Oman | 84.91 | 2021 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 84 | Canada | 84.76 | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 85 | Togo | 84.71 | 2019 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 86 | Morocco | 84.28 | 2021 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 87 | Switzerland | 84.2 | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 88 | Egypt | 84.17 | 2021 | up 21.0% | flat |
| 89 | Romania | 83.96 | 2021 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 90 | Afghanistan | 83.09 | 2021 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 91 | Slovenia | 82.95 | 2021 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 92 | Laos | 82.87 | 2021 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 93 | Angola | 82.32 | 2021 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 94 | Austria | 81.92 | 2021 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 95 | Guatemala | 81.02 | 2021 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 96 | Honduras | 80.83 | 2021 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 97 | Hungary | 80.31 | 2021 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 98 | Bahamas | 80.25 | 2021 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 99 | Uzbekistan | 79.65 | 2021 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 100 | Brazil | 79.39 | 2021 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 101 | France | 78.48 | 2021 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 102 | Ukraine | 78.28 | 2021 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 103 | Chile | 78.27 | 2021 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 104 | Lebanon | 78.18 | 2020 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 105 | Azerbaijan | 77.67 | 2021 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 106 | Ecuador | 77.47 | 2021 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 107 | Rwanda | 77.28 | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 108 | Mauritius | 76.86 | 2021 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 75.99 | 2021 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 110 | Czechia | 75.95 | 2021 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 111 | Burkina Faso | 75.56 | 2019 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 75.22 | 2021 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 113 | Jordan | 74.95 | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 74.66 | 2021 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 115 | Nigeria | 74.35 | 2021 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 116 | Italy | 73.78 | 2021 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 117 | Hong Kong | 73.32 | 2021 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 118 | Poland | 72.71 | 2021 | up 27.9% | falling |
| 119 | Malaysia | 70.12 | 2021 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 120 | Russia | 69.81 | 2021 | up 89.2% | rising |
| 121 | Armenia | 69.76 | 2021 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 122 | Kyrgyzstan | 68.77 | 2021 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 123 | Thailand | 68.51 | 2021 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 124 | Argentina | 68.36 | 2021 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 125 | Turkey | 68.08 | 2021 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 126 | Serbia | 67.48 | 2021 | up 26.7% | falling |
| 127 | Syria | 67.35 | 2021 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 128 | Philippines | 67.33 | 2021 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 129 | Mexico | 67.21 | 2021 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 130 | Ethiopia | 66.3 | 2021 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 131 | Bolivia | 64.46 | 2021 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 132 | Japan | 63.6 | 2021 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 133 | Tunisia | 62.54 | 2014 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 134 | Panama | 61 | 2021 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 135 | Paraguay | 60.22 | 2021 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 136 | Kenya | 60.02 | 2021 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 137 | United Kingdom | 59.85 | 2021 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 139 | Indonesia | 57.05 | 2021 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 140 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 56.15 | 2021 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 141 | Pakistan | 55.97 | 2021 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 142 | China | 54.18 | 2021 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 143 | India | 53.43 | 2021 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 144 | Cambodia | 52.69 | 2021 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 145 | Ghana | 50.09 | 2021 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 146 | United States | 49.68 | 2021 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 147 | Vietnam | 48.34 | 2021 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 148 | Iraq | 44.97 | 2021 | down 52.5% | falling |
| 149 | Bangladesh | 35.23 | 2021 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 150 | Nepal | 27.19 | 2021 | down 29.5% | falling |
About this data
Raw data are from Bankscope. (Sum(data2025) for five largest banks in Bankscope) / (Sum(data2025) for all banks in Bankscope). Only reported if number of banks in Bankscope is 5 or more. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope.