Bank concentration (%) by country
Raw data are from Bankscope. (Sum(data2025) for three largest banks in Bankscope) / (Sum(data2025) for all banks in Bankscope). Only reported if number of banks in Bankscope is 3 or more. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope.
Countries reporting
166
Highest
100.0%
Antigua and Barbuda
Lowest
17.9%
Nepal
Median
72.7%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
3,296
What the numbers show
Bank concentration (%) is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Antigua and Barbuda; the lowest is 17.9% in Nepal.
The median across all reporting countries is 72.7%, and the mean is 72.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Lebanon (up 96.3%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 61.9%).
Bank concentration: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 100.0% | 2007 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2021 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2016 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 1 | Djibouti | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Fiji | 100.0% | 2021 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 1 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2021 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 1 | Liberia | 100.0% | 2021 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lesotho | 100.0% | 2021 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 1 | Maldives | 100.0% | 2020 | — | flat |
| 1 | Malawi | 100.0% | 2021 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 1 | San Marino | 100.0% | 2019 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 1 | South Sudan | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Suriname | 100.0% | 2019 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 1 | Eswatini | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Seychelles | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Chad | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 100.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Yemen | 100.0% | 2019 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 20 | Cuba | 100.0% | 2020 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 21 | Lebanon | 99.7% | 2021 | up 96.3% | rising |
| 22 | Namibia | 98.8% | 2021 | up 18.3% | flat |
| 23 | Lithuania | 98.7% | 2021 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 24 | North Macedonia | 97.4% | 2021 | up 37.2% | falling |
| 25 | Bermuda | 96.6% | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 26 | Qatar | 96.6% | 2021 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 27 | Libya | 96.5% | 2020 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 28 | Norway | 94.4% | 2016 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 94.0% | 2020 | up 55.7% | flat |
| 30 | Gabon | 93.1% | 2019 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 31 | Bhutan | 92.9% | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 32 | Finland | 92.6% | 2021 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 33 | Trinidad and Tobago | 92.6% | 2021 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 34 | Greece | 92.4% | 2021 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 35 | Andorra | 92.3% | 2020 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 36 | Estonia | 91.4% | 2021 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 37 | Myanmar | 91.0% | 2021 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 38 | Sudan | 90.7% | 2012 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 39 | Sweden | 89.6% | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 41 | Curacao | 88.4% | 2021 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 42 | Netherlands | 88.3% | 2021 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 43 | Algeria | 87.4% | 2020 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 44 | Belize | 85.9% | 2020 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 45 | Tajikistan | 85.9% | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 46 | Haiti | 85.6% | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 47 | Mongolia | 85.1% | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 48 | Cyprus | 84.8% | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 49 | Venezuela | 84.5% | 2021 | up 93.2% | rising |
| 50 | Georgia | 84.3% | 2021 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 51 | Nicaragua | 84.0% | 2021 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 52 | Jamaica | 83.4% | 2021 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 53 | Montenegro | 83.2% | 2021 | up 35.4% | falling |
| 54 | Mauritania | 82.7% | 2020 | up 22.8% | falling |
| 55 | Kuwait | 82.3% | 2021 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 56 | Bahrain | 82.0% | 2021 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 57 | Zimbabwe | 81.8% | 2021 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 58 | Madagascar | 81.8% | 2020 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 59 | Denmark | 81.8% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 60 | Singapore | 80.8% | 2021 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 61 | Tanzania | 80.5% | 2021 | up 58.2% | flat |
| 62 | South Africa | 79.4% | 2021 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 63 | Senegal | 79.4% | 2020 | up 32.0% | falling |
| 64 | Germany | 79.4% | 2021 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 65 | Slovakia | 78.9% | 2021 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 66 | Mozambique | 78.7% | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 78.1% | 2021 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 68 | Burundi | 78.0% | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 69 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 77.7% | 2020 | up 41.7% | falling |
| 70 | Macao | 76.5% | 2021 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 71 | Cameroon | 76.5% | 2020 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 72 | Botswana | 75.8% | 2021 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 73 | Israel | 75.8% | 2021 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 74 | Latvia | 74.6% | 2021 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 75 | Egypt | 74.5% | 2021 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 76 | El Salvador | 74.4% | 2021 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 77 | Albania | 74.0% | 2021 | up 33.9% | falling |
| 78 | Colombia | 73.8% | 2021 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 80 | Cape Verde | 73.6% | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 81 | Benin | 73.5% | 2019 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 82 | United Arab Emirates | 73.2% | 2021 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 83 | Saudi Arabia | 73.1% | 2021 | up 27.9% | flat |
| 84 | Guyana | 72.9% | 2021 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 85 | Uruguay | 72.8% | 2021 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 86 | Mali | 72.6% | 2020 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 87 | Spain | 72.0% | 2021 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 88 | Moldova | 70.6% | 2021 | up 41.9% | falling |
| 89 | Peru | 70.6% | 2021 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 90 | Brazil | 70.4% | 2021 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 91 | Gambia | 70.2% | 2020 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | 69.9% | 2013 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 93 | Australia | 69.1% | 2021 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 94 | Belarus | 68.9% | 2021 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 95 | Portugal | 68.9% | 2021 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 96 | Angola | 68.4% | 2021 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 97 | Cote d'Ivoire | 68.3% | 2021 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | 68.2% | 2021 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 99 | Belgium | 68.0% | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 100 | Romania | 67.4% | 2021 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 101 | Uganda | 67.3% | 2021 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 102 | Croatia | 66.8% | 2021 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 103 | Morocco | 66.5% | 2021 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 104 | Slovenia | 66.5% | 2021 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 105 | France | 66.3% | 2021 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 106 | Zambia | 65.9% | 2021 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 107 | Switzerland | 65.6% | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 108 | Guinea | 65.6% | 2020 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 109 | Afghanistan | 65.1% | 2021 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 110 | Austria | 64.8% | 2021 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 111 | Guatemala | 64.7% | 2021 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 112 | Bulgaria | 64.0% | 2021 | up 37.7% | falling |
| 113 | Oman | 63.9% | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 114 | Ukraine | 63.6% | 2021 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 115 | Czechia | 63.2% | 2021 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 116 | Jordan | 63.1% | 2021 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 117 | Laos | 63.1% | 2021 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 118 | Italy | 62.6% | 2021 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 119 | Hong Kong | 62.5% | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 120 | Togo | 62.4% | 2019 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 121 | Rwanda | 62.2% | 2021 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 122 | Honduras | 61.7% | 2021 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 123 | Hungary | 60.9% | 2021 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 124 | Canada | 60.7% | 2021 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 125 | Bahamas | 60.4% | 2021 | down 24.0% | flat |
| 126 | Kazakhstan | 60.3% | 2021 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 127 | Niger | 59.7% | 2019 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 128 | Uzbekistan | 59.5% | 2021 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 129 | Nigeria | 59.3% | 2021 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 130 | Mauritius | 59.1% | 2021 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 131 | Sri Lanka | 57.7% | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 132 | New Zealand | 57.2% | 2021 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 133 | South Korea | 56.3% | 2021 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 134 | Costa Rica | 55.9% | 2021 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 135 | Ecuador | 55.5% | 2021 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 136 | Armenia | 55.2% | 2021 | up 44.5% | falling |
| 137 | Malaysia | 53.0% | 2021 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 138 | Philippines | 52.3% | 2021 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 139 | Chile | 52.2% | 2021 | down 43.6% | rising |
| 140 | Argentina | 52.1% | 2021 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 141 | Ethiopia | 51.3% | 2021 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 142 | Russia | 50.4% | 2021 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 143 | Poland | 49.9% | 2021 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 144 | Kyrgyzstan | 49.6% | 2021 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 145 | Mexico | 49.5% | 2021 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 146 | Syria | 49.2% | 2021 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 147 | Serbia | 47.7% | 2021 | up 25.7% | falling |
| 148 | Turkey | 46.8% | 2021 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 149 | Japan | 46.3% | 2021 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 150 | Thailand | 44.8% | 2021 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 151 | Kenya | 44.8% | 2021 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 152 | Tunisia | 44.5% | 2021 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 153 | Panama | 43.8% | 2021 | down 26.2% | flat |
| 154 | Cambodia | 43.5% | 2021 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 155 | Bolivia | 43.3% | 2021 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 156 | Indonesia | 43.3% | 2021 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 158 | United Kingdom | 42.9% | 2021 | down 25.2% | rising |
| 159 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.7% | 2021 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 160 | Paraguay | 41.5% | 2021 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 161 | India | 40.9% | 2021 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 162 | Pakistan | 40.6% | 2021 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 163 | United States | 38.4% | 2021 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 164 | China | 38.3% | 2021 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 165 | Vietnam | 37.9% | 2021 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 166 | Ghana | 32.8% | 2021 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 167 | Iraq | 29.3% | 2021 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 168 | Bangladesh | 26.8% | 2021 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 169 | Nepal | 17.9% | 2021 | down 30.0% | falling |
About this data
Raw data are from Bankscope. (Sum(data2025) for three largest banks in Bankscope) / (Sum(data2025) for all banks in Bankscope). Only reported if number of banks in Bankscope is 3 or more. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope.