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Financial Institutions Access Index by country

The dataset contains nine indices that summarize how developed financial institutions and financial markets are in terms of their depth, access, and efficiency. These indices are aggregated into an overall index of financial development. With the coverage of over 180 countries on annual frequency from 1980...

Countries reporting
179
Highest
0.9755
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.0066
Democratic Republic of Congo
Median
0.3435
Years covered
41
1980–2020
Data points
7,872

What the numbers show

Financial Institutions Access Index is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 0.9755 in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.0066 in Democratic Republic of Congo.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3435, and the mean is 0.3663.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 148.

Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 432.6%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 67.4%).

Financial Institutions Access Index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 0.9755 2020 up 0.7% rising
2 Spain 0.959 2020 down 4.1% rising
3 Macao 0.95 2020 up 4.8% rising
4 Bulgaria 0.9055 2020 up 0.4% volatile
5 Seychelles 0.8962 2020 up 28.3% rising
6 Japan 0.8824 2020 up 0.1% rising
7 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.8814 2020 up 9.7% rising
8 Portugal 0.8703 2020 down 13.0% flat
9 United States 0.8347 2020 down 7.2% rising
10 Switzerland 0.8345 2020 down 9.9% rising
11 Italy 0.8251 2020 down 12.6% rising
12 Croatia 0.8054 2020 down 7.6% volatile
13 France 0.7894 2020 down 16.0% rising
14 Australia 0.7867 2020 down 7.1% rising
15 Bahamas 0.7779 2020 up 3.2% rising
16 Russia 0.7772 2020 down 5.2% volatile
17 Georgia 0.7611 2020 up 67.8% volatile
18 Iran 0.744 2020 up 72.0% rising
19 Canada 0.7274 2020 down 5.7% rising
20 United Kingdom 0.7212 2020 down 7.4% rising
21 Mongolia 0.713 2020 up 22.5% volatile
22 Uzbekistan 0.6934 2020 up 50.9% volatile
23 Bolivia 0.6878 2020 up 117.3% volatile
24 Israel 0.682 2020 down 8.2% rising
25 Belgium 0.6678 2020 down 26.4% rising
26 South Korea 0.662 2020 down 6.1% rising
27 Brazil 0.6302 2020 down 11.3% rising
28 Slovenia 0.6285 2020 down 29.7% volatile
29 Aruba 0.6278 2020 up 14.4% rising
30 Thailand 0.6157 2020 up 26.3% volatile
31 Uruguay 0.6128 2020 up 101.8% rising
32 Germany 0.6056 2020 down 10.6% flat
33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.5948 2020 up 16.3% volatile
34 Poland 0.5912 2020 up 0.4% rising
35 Austria 0.5836 2020 down 7.0% rising
36 Iceland 0.5815 2020 down 32.5% rising
37 Cape Verde 0.5705 2020 up 5.8% volatile
38 Moldova 0.5698 2020 down 11.3% volatile
39 Peru 0.5676 2020 up 186.0% volatile
40 Armenia 0.5676 2020 up 57.5% volatile
41 Tonga 0.5519 2020 up 51.1% rising
42 Panama 0.5497 2020 up 27.2% volatile
43 Slovakia 0.5431 2020 up 3.7% volatile
44 Turkey 0.5395 2020 up 24.4% volatile
45 Serbia 0.5389 2020 down 20.2% volatile
46 Samoa 0.535 2020 up 34.7% rising
47 Romania 0.5331 2020 down 19.5% volatile
48 Hungary 0.5295 2020 up 20.1% rising
49 Cyprus 0.5288 2020 down 35.4% flat
50 Brunei 0.5267 2020 down 15.9% volatile
51 North Macedonia 0.5154 2020 down 0.1% volatile
52 Antigua and Barbuda 0.5083 2020 down 31.6% rising
53 Kuwait 0.502 2020 up 25.6% rising
54 Costa Rica 0.4903 2020 up 17.2% rising
55 China 0.4892 2020 up 341.5% volatile
56 Greece 0.489 2020 down 40.0% rising
57 Ireland 0.482 2020 down 32.7% rising
58 New Zealand 0.4815 2020 down 32.1% rising
59 Malta 0.4615 2020 down 31.8% rising
60 Czechia 0.46 2020 up 4.6% volatile
61 Hong Kong 0.4591 2020 down 3.7% rising
62 Kazakhstan 0.4522 2020 up 46.3% volatile
63 Vanuatu 0.4495 2020 up 26.1% volatile
64 Namibia 0.4491 2020 up 23.1% volatile
65 Grenada 0.4361 2020 down 22.6% rising
66 Guatemala 0.4341 2020 down 13.7% rising
67 Bhutan 0.4311 2020 up 103.8% rising
68 Argentina 0.4262 2020 up 83.2% volatile
69 Ukraine 0.4207 2020 up 14.9% volatile
70 Mexico 0.42 2020 up 16.9% rising
71 Belize 0.4076 2020 down 8.8% falling
72 Tunisia 0.4017 2020 up 46.0% rising
73 Venezuela 0.4012 2020 up 8.7% rising
74 Indonesia 0.4009 2020 up 168.5% volatile
75 Morocco 0.3995 2020 up 24.2% volatile
76 Denmark 0.3993 2020 down 46.1% falling
77 Tajikistan 0.3964 2020 up 301.0% volatile
78 Lebanon 0.3917 2020 down 13.3% rising
79 Saudi Arabia 0.3841 2020 up 11.4% rising
80 Estonia 0.376 2020 down 38.7% volatile
81 South Africa 0.364 2020 up 2.3% rising
82 Saint Lucia 0.3636 2020 down 17.5% rising
83 Mauritius 0.3611 2020 down 14.4% rising
84 Chile 0.3583 2020 down 23.7% rising
85 Fiji 0.3555 2020 up 30.5% rising
86 Qatar 0.3519 2020 down 14.3% falling
87 Sao Tome and Principe 0.3494 2020 down 12.7% volatile
88 Albania 0.3492 2020 down 17.5% volatile
89 Malaysia 0.3478 2020 down 0.9% rising
90 Oman 0.3435 2020 down 16.1% rising
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.3358 2020 down 5.3% rising
92 Colombia 0.3348 2020 up 7.8% volatile
93 Latvia 0.3335 2020 down 53.7% volatile
94 Suriname 0.3317 2020 up 16.5% rising
95 Nepal 0.3304 2020 up 312.7% volatile
96 El Salvador 0.3261 2020 up 30.5% volatile
97 Dominica 0.326 2020 down 13.5% rising
98 Maldives 0.3242 2020 up 58.0% rising
99 United Arab Emirates 0.3229 2020 down 9.4% rising
100 Trinidad and Tobago 0.3208 2020 up 4.9% rising
101 Singapore 0.3189 2020 down 14.6% rising
102 Dominican Republic 0.3114 2020 up 27.7% rising
103 Botswana 0.3101 2020 up 30.2% rising
104 Jordan 0.2945 2020 down 1.1% rising
105 Honduras 0.2919 2020 up 1.6% rising
106 Barbados 0.2893 2020 down 22.2% rising
107 Sri Lanka 0.2864 2020 up 20.3% rising
108 Lithuania 0.2859 2020 down 51.7% volatile
109 Sweden 0.2812 2020 down 36.6% rising
110 Kyrgyzstan 0.2706 2020 up 167.1% volatile
111 India 0.2616 2020 up 80.6% rising
112 Eswatini 0.2529 2020 up 40.6% rising
113 Belarus 0.2519 2020 up 45.8% volatile
114 Cambodia 0.2478 2020 up 255.3% volatile
115 Jamaica 0.2477 2020 up 37.4% rising
116 Netherlands 0.2387 2020 down 53.7% falling
117 Philippines 0.2353 2020 up 54.6% rising
118 Azerbaijan 0.226 2020 down 2.3% volatile
119 Paraguay 0.226 2020 up 25.6% volatile
120 Finland 0.211 2020 down 37.6% rising
121 Micronesia (country) 0.1985 2020 down 5.7% volatile
122 Nicaragua 0.1855 2020 up 63.8% volatile
123 Guyana 0.1834 2020 up 30.9% rising
124 Angola 0.1803 2020 up 38.8% volatile
125 Mauritania 0.177 2020 up 162.7% rising
126 Marshall Islands 0.1765 2020 down 16.4% volatile
127 Egypt 0.1741 2020 up 92.9% rising
128 Djibouti 0.1684 2020 up 179.3% volatile
129 Pakistan 0.1657 2020 up 46.0% rising
130 Vietnam 0.1618 2020 up 44.8% volatile
131 Gabon 0.1617 2020 up 73.9% volatile
132 Laos 0.1573 2020 up 133.7% volatile
133 Norway 0.1539 2020 down 58.3% rising
134 Bangladesh 0.1481 2020 up 54.7% rising
135 Ghana 0.1471 2020 up 91.9% volatile
136 Libya 0.1441 2020 up 2.0% rising
137 Equatorial Guinea 0.1298 2020 up 160.0% volatile
138 Kiribati 0.1284 2020 up 12.6% volatile
139 East Timor 0.1233 2020 up 306.6% volatile
140 Nigeria 0.1218 2020 down 1.6% rising
141 Gambia 0.1199 2020 up 6.1% rising
142 Solomon Islands 0.1106 2020 up 10.4% falling
143 Ecuador 0.1098 2020 down 67.4% falling
144 Lesotho 0.1045 2020 up 52.0% rising
145 Algeria 0.0989 2020 up 18.7% rising
146 Myanmar 0.0937 2020 up 432.6% volatile
147 Togo 0.0913 2020 up 51.8% volatile
148 Mozambique 0.0886 2020 up 39.2% volatile
149 Congo 0.0878 2020 up 173.9% volatile
150 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0877 2020 up 35.3% volatile
151 Senegal 0.0874 2020 up 33.2% rising
152 Syria 0.086 2020 up 11.9% rising
153 Kenya 0.085 2020 down 7.1% rising
154 Zambia 0.0801 2020 up 6.9% rising
155 Mali 0.0748 2020 up 40.3% rising
156 Guinea-Bissau 0.0735 2020 up 155.3% volatile
157 Rwanda 0.0707 2020 up 12.8% volatile
158 Comoros 0.068 2020 up 201.0% volatile
159 Sudan 0.0664 2020 up 37.5% rising
160 Benin 0.0585 2020 up 28.1% volatile
161 Tanzania 0.0546 2020 up 32.7% volatile
162 Papua New Guinea 0.0541 2020 up 29.6% falling
163 Burkina Faso 0.0512 2020 up 83.8% rising
164 Liberia 0.0509 2020 up 6.4% volatile
165 Yemen 0.0466 2020 up 29.1% volatile
166 Cameroon 0.0466 2020 up 72.8% volatile
167 Malawi 0.0465 2020 down 0.6% volatile
168 Haiti 0.0465 2020 up 43.7% rising
169 Uganda 0.0449 2020 up 1.0% volatile
170 Burundi 0.0426 2020 up 48.9% volatile
171 Madagascar 0.0422 2020 up 85.9% rising
172 Guinea 0.042 2020 up 109.7% volatile
173 Ethiopia 0.0352 2020 up 109.5% volatile
174 Sierra Leone 0.0315 2020 up 2.7% volatile
175 Niger 0.0252 2020 up 54.7% volatile
176 South Sudan 0.0194 2020 up 78.6% volatile
177 Chad 0.0161 2020 up 81.1% rising
178 Central African Republic 0.0141 2020 up 6.8% rising
179 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0066 2020 down 23.2% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Financial Institutions Access Index
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
192 places, 7,872 data points, 1980–2020
Last refreshed

The dataset contains nine indices that summarize how developed financial institutions and financial markets are in terms of their depth, access, and efficiency. These indices are aggregated into an overall index of financial development. With the coverage of over 180 countries on annual frequency from 1980 onwards, the database should offer a useful analytical tool for researchers and policy makers.