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Consolidated foreign claims of BIS reporting banks to GDP (%) by country

The ratio of consolidated foreign claims to GDP of the banks that are reporting to BIS. Foreign claims are defined as the sum of cross-border claims plus foreign offices’ local claims in all currencies. In the consolidated banking statistics claims that are granted or extended to nonresidents are referred to as...

Countries reporting
182
Highest
14,442.0%
Marshall Islands
Lowest
0.0%
Eritrea
Median
17.6%
Years covered
38
1983–2020
Data points
6,146

What the numbers show

Consolidated foreign claims of BIS reporting banks to GDP (%) is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 14,442.0% in Marshall Islands; the lowest is 0.0% in Eritrea.

The median across all reporting countries is 17.6%, and the mean is 134.0%.

Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia, Federated States of (up 4,024.7%), and the largest decrease in Eritrea (down 98.2%).

Consolidated foreign claims of BIS reporting banks to GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Marshall Islands 14,442.0% 2020 down 24.7% volatile
2 Luxembourg 1,206.9% 2020 down 0.1% rising
3 Liberia 960.0% 2020 down 44.1% falling
4 Samoa 646.5% 2020 up 28.2% volatile
5 Bahamas 466.0% 2020 down 9.0% falling
6 Seychelles 308.1% 2020 up 55.2% volatile
7 Hong Kong, China 307.2% 2020 up 25.5% rising
8 New Zealand 188.9% 2020 down 5.2% volatile
9 Macau, China 180.0% 2020 up 158.4% volatile
10 Singapore 179.5% 2020 up 33.5% volatile
11 Belize 173.8% 2020 down 17.2% volatile
12 Panama 151.1% 2020 down 49.5% falling
13 Ireland 142.7% 2020 down 51.3% volatile
14 Barbados 136.9% 2020 down 15.4% rising
15 Belgium 123.0% 2020 up 12.7% rising
16 Cyprus 122.6% 2020 down 38.7% volatile
17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 116.4% 2020 down 17.3% rising
18 Mauritius 116.0% 2020 down 33.1% volatile
19 Czechia 115.7% 2020 up 30.2% rising
20 Malta 115.7% 2020 down 45.8% volatile
21 Cape Verde 115.1% 2020 up 42.3% volatile
22 Slovakia 105.2% 2020 up 40.9% volatile
23 Croatia 102.1% 2020 down 20.1% volatile
24 Norway 97.6% 2020 up 38.2% rising
25 Netherlands 96.8% 2020 down 15.5% rising
26 Qatar 94.1% 2020 up 85.8% volatile
27 Denmark 92.9% 2020 down 13.0% rising
28 Sweden 92.0% 2020 up 57.1% rising
29 Finland 87.2% 2020 down 2.2% rising
30 Portugal 84.2% 2020 down 10.7% rising
31 Switzerland 83.0% 2020 down 12.3% falling
32 France 81.1% 2020 up 18.8% rising
33 Estonia 81.1% 2020 down 25.2% volatile
34 Chile 74.0% 2020 up 37.9% flat
35 Bahrain 71.3% 2020 down 42.7% volatile
36 Cambodia 66.4% 2020 up 1,833.6% volatile
37 Aruba 63.8% 2020 up 21.4% rising
38 Latvia 60.1% 2020 down 42.7% volatile
39 Austria 59.3% 2020 down 18.8% rising
40 United Arab Emirates 57.5% 2020 up 24.3% volatile
41 Bulgaria 56.6% 2020 down 27.8% volatile
42 Lithuania 54.4% 2020 down 26.4% volatile
43 Serbia 54.2% 2020 down 13.6% flat
44 Canada 54.1% 2020 up 49.8% rising
45 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 53.6% 2020 down 59.7% volatile
46 Germany 52.7% 2020 down 13.0% rising
47 Italy 52.6% 2020 up 2.1% rising
48 Malaysia 52.4% 2020 up 4.7% rising
49 Maldives 52.4% 2020 up 122.0% volatile
50 Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.2% 2020 down 14.3% volatile
51 Hungary 52.0% 2020 down 46.4% rising
52 Poland 51.8% 2020 down 15.6% volatile
53 Mozambique 51.3% 2020 up 45.1% volatile
54 Australia 49.7% 2020 down 1.4% rising
55 Trinidad and Tobago 47.9% 2020 up 11.3% rising
56 Fiji 47.1% 2020 down 1.9% volatile
57 Spain 43.9% 2020 down 26.3% rising
58 Romania 40.1% 2020 down 41.0% volatile
59 Thailand 38.6% 2020 up 50.4% rising
60 Mexico 38.4% 2020 up 14.1% flat
61 Uruguay 37.5% 2020 up 79.5% falling
62 Peru 37.4% 2020 up 30.6% rising
63 Taiwan, China 37.4% 2020 up 5.2% volatile
64 Oman 37.2% 2020 up 101.5% rising
65 United States of America 35.9% 2020 down 2.0% rising
66 Slovenia 35.2% 2020 down 53.5% volatile
67 Japan 35.2% 2020 up 79.0% rising
68 Vanuatu 35.0% 2020 down 41.7% volatile
69 North Macedonia 34.0% 2020 up 25.9% volatile
70 Jamaica 33.9% 2020 down 29.8% rising
71 Albania 32.2% 2020 down 39.2% volatile
72 Morocco 32.1% 2020 up 10.5% rising
73 Kuwait 31.4% 2020 up 113.1% falling
74 Micronesia, Federated States of 27.8% 2020 up 4,024.7% volatile
75 Viet Nam 27.1% 2020 up 48.7% volatile
76 Türkiye 25.9% 2020 up 22.5% rising
77 Senegal 25.3% 2020 up 46.7% rising
78 Saint Lucia 24.3% 2020 down 78.1% volatile
79 Colombia 24.2% 2020 up 97.1% rising
80 Brazil 24.1% 2020 up 11.6% falling
81 Greece 22.2% 2020 down 56.5% volatile
82 Mongolia 22.0% 2020 up 199.6% volatile
83 Republic of Korea 21.9% 2020 down 26.2% rising
84 Dominica 21.4% 2020 down 54.0% rising
85 Tunisia 20.0% 2020 up 14.9% rising
86 Togo 19.7% 2020 up 74.1% rising
87 Paraguay 19.2% 2020 up 29.5% rising
88 Côte d'Ivoire 18.8% 2020 up 15.5% falling
89 Lao People's Democratic Republic 18.4% 2020 up 196.7% volatile
90 Costa Rica 17.8% 2020 down 29.0% volatile
91 Brunei Darussalam 17.6% 2020 down 9.9% volatile
92 Indonesia 17.5% 2020 up 32.1% falling
93 Papua New Guinea 17.2% 2020 down 2.7% volatile
94 Tonga 16.6% 2020 down 58.4% volatile
95 Grenada 16.6% 2020 down 55.2% volatile
96 Solomon Islands 16.1% 2020 down 9.8% volatile
97 South Africa 15.8% 2020 down 56.1% rising
98 Angola 15.6% 2020 up 82.2% volatile
99 Ghana 15.5% 2020 down 24.8% rising
100 Egypt 14.9% 2020 down 33.5% rising
101 Saudi Arabia 14.6% 2020 up 23.6% rising
102 El Salvador 14.1% 2020 down 66.6% volatile
103 Philippines 13.7% 2020 down 17.5% falling
104 French Polynesia 13.7% 2000 up 2,462.0% volatile
105 Burundi 13.4% 2020 up 468.4% volatile
106 Jordan 13.0% 2020 down 11.4% volatile
107 Suriname 12.9% 2020 up 28.3% volatile
108 Georgia 12.7% 2020 down 2.8% volatile
109 Armenia 12.4% 2020 up 78.7% volatile
110 Cameroon 12.4% 2020 up 6.7% falling
111 Madagascar 11.9% 2020 up 3.5% rising
112 Burkina Faso 11.9% 2020 up 20.6% volatile
113 Iceland 11.6% 2020 down 89.2% volatile
114 Lebanon 11.4% 2020 down 27.5% volatile
115 Sri Lanka 10.8% 2020 down 0.2% rising
116 Dominican Republic 10.7% 2020 up 2.3% falling
117 Chad 10.6% 2020 up 1,565.8% volatile
118 Honduras 10.5% 2020 down 27.2% rising
119 Argentina 10.4% 2020 up 11.1% volatile
120 India 10.2% 2020 down 33.9% rising
121 Kenya 10.0% 2020 down 0.7% falling
122 Uzbekistan 9.9% 2020 up 632.7% volatile
123 Botswana 9.9% 2020 down 57.9% volatile
124 Guatemala 9.7% 2020 down 16.3% rising
125 Gabon 9.6% 2020 up 39.2% volatile
126 Azerbaijan 9.2% 2020 up 13.3% volatile
127 Guinea 9.2% 2020 up 19.6% rising
128 Zambia 9.2% 2020 down 37.3% volatile
129 China 9.0% 2020 up 11.2% rising
130 Sao Tome and Principe 8.8% 2020 down 68.1% volatile
131 Benin 8.7% 2020 up 1,275.9% volatile
132 Kiribati 8.6% 2020 up 507.7% volatile
133 Congo 8.4% 2020 up 252.4% volatile
134 Russian Federation 8.0% 2020 down 38.8% falling
135 Ukraine 7.8% 2020 down 74.2% volatile
136 Israel 7.6% 2020 down 24.0% volatile
137 Nigeria 7.1% 2020 up 234.1% volatile
138 Guyana 6.9% 2020 down 73.5% volatile
139 Gambia 6.9% 2020 up 6.7% volatile
140 Uganda 6.9% 2020 up 71.0% volatile
141 Mauritania 6.4% 2020 up 19.2% falling
142 Ecuador 6.3% 2020 up 48.4% volatile
143 Algeria 6.0% 2020 up 13.2% volatile
144 Bangladesh 5.9% 2020 up 7.1% volatile
145 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.6% 2020 up 1.8% volatile
146 Belarus 5.5% 2020 down 40.9% rising
147 Nicaragua 5.2% 2020 down 44.7% volatile
148 Timor-Leste 4.9% 2020 down 49.3% falling
149 Turkmenistan 4.6% 2020 up 665.0% volatile
150 Pakistan 4.5% 2020 down 38.5% falling
151 Republic of Moldova 4.4% 2020 down 66.2% volatile
152 Kazakhstan 4.0% 2020 down 71.0% volatile
153 Tanzania, United Republic of 3.9% 2020 down 39.4% rising
154 Sierra Leone 3.7% 2020 down 26.2% volatile
155 Equatorial Guinea 3.6% 2020 down 48.8% volatile
156 Namibia 3.6% 2020 down 2.5% volatile
157 Nepal 3.3% 2020 up 65.9% rising
158 Myanmar 2.9% 2020 up 527.1% volatile
159 Libya 2.5% 2020 up 14.4% volatile
160 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.5% 2020 up 39.9% volatile
161 Malawi 2.1% 2020 up 1.7% volatile
162 Ethiopia 2.1% 2020 up 66.3% volatile
163 Niger 2.0% 2020 up 73.7% volatile
164 Mali 1.9% 2020 down 40.7% volatile
165 Rwanda 1.9% 2020 up 135.6% volatile
166 Haiti 1.9% 2020 down 22.9% volatile
167 Central African Republic 1.7% 2020 up 271.7% flat
168 Eswatini 1.7% 2020 down 68.1% volatile
169 Djibouti 1.7% 2020 down 91.5% volatile
170 Bhutan 1.5% 2020 down 69.0% volatile
171 Yemen 1.2% 2020 down 77.6% volatile
172 Guinea-Bissau 1.2% 2020 up 26.7% volatile
173 Syrian Arab Republic 0.9% 2010 down 68.9% volatile
174 Comoros 0.9% 2020 down 43.9% volatile
175 Sudan 0.8% 2020 down 33.5% volatile
176 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.7% 2020 down 67.3% volatile
177 Kyrgyzstan 0.5% 2020 down 84.2% volatile
178 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.5% 2020 down 82.1% volatile
179 Tajikistan 0.4% 2020 down 47.5% volatile
180 Lesotho 0.1% 2020 down 75.7% volatile
181 South Sudan 0.0% 2020 up 439.2% volatile
182 Eritrea 0.0% 2020 down 98.2% volatile

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Indicator
Consolidated foreign claims of BIS reporting banks to GDP (%)
Unit
%
Source
Consolidated banking statistics, Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
182 places, 6,146 data points, 1983–2020
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The ratio of consolidated foreign claims to GDP of the banks that are reporting to BIS. Foreign claims are defined as the sum of cross-border claims plus foreign offices’ local claims in all currencies. In the consolidated banking statistics claims that are granted or extended to nonresidents are referred to as either cross-border claims. In the context of the consolidated banking statistics, local claims refer to claims of domestic banks’ foreign affiliates (branches/subsidiaries) on the residents of the host country (i.e. country of residence of affiliates). Items (A+L from BIS Table 9A). End-of-year data (i.e. December data) are considered for banks claims. GDP is from World Development Indicators.