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Financial Markets 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
114
Highest
1
Ireland
Lowest
0.0011
Pakistan
Median
0.3764
Years covered
41
1980–2020
Data points
7,872

What the numbers show

Financial Markets Access Index is currently reported for 114 countries. The highest value is 1 in Ireland; the lowest is 0.0011 in Pakistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3764, and the mean is 0.3524.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 945.

Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 169.2%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 81.9%).

Financial Markets Access Index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 1 2020 up 3.2% rising
1 Luxembourg 1 2020 unchanged rising
1 Malta 1 2020 up 30.2% rising
4 Norway 0.9421 2020 up 2.6% rising
5 Switzerland 0.9184 2020 up 1.7% rising
6 Qatar 0.8852 2020 up 16.5% rising
7 New Zealand 0.8595 2020 up 14.3% rising
8 Spain 0.8376 2020 up 76.9% volatile
9 United Arab Emirates 0.8264 2020 up 34.8% volatile
10 Singapore 0.8241 2020 up 19.9% rising
11 Panama 0.7726 2020 up 37.5% rising
12 Hong Kong 0.7677 2020 up 2.9% rising
13 Austria 0.7676 2020 down 9.2% rising
14 Australia 0.7611 2020 down 2.1% rising
15 Cyprus 0.7377 2020 down 13.5% rising
16 Mauritius 0.7166 2020 up 69.6% rising
17 Canada 0.71 2020 up 7.9% rising
18 Bahrain 0.7065 2020 down 10.4% rising
19 Italy 0.704 2020 up 36.4% volatile
20 United Kingdom 0.6841 2020 up 29.2% rising
21 United States 0.6558 2020 down 4.0% volatile
22 Greece 0.616 2020 up 7.2% volatile
23 Japan 0.6155 2020 up 28.0% rising
24 Croatia 0.5885 2020 up 7.4% volatile
25 Germany 0.5657 2020 up 17.1% rising
26 Saudi Arabia 0.5611 2020 up 26.0% rising
27 Botswana 0.55 2020 down 1.9% rising
28 Colombia 0.5397 2020 up 5.0% volatile
29 Kazakhstan 0.5353 2020 down 2.5% volatile
30 Hungary 0.5327 2020 up 0.5% rising
31 Argentina 0.5215 2020 up 4.3% rising
32 Morocco 0.5029 2020 up 1.0% volatile
33 Brunei 0.5 2020 unchanged rising
33 Denmark 0.5 2020 unchanged rising
33 Finland 0.5 2020 up 11.2% volatile
33 Iceland 0.5 2020 up 53.9% flat
33 Saint Lucia 0.5 2020 unchanged rising
33 Netherlands 0.5 2020 up 17.9% rising
33 Sweden 0.5 2020 unchanged rising
33 Zambia 0.5 2020 unchanged flat
41 Bahamas 0.5 2020 down 0.0% falling
42 Russia 0.4949 2020 up 5.5% volatile
43 Oman 0.4935 2020 up 42.9% rising
44 Nigeria 0.4898 2020 down 2.5% rising
45 Malaysia 0.4828 2020 down 9.3% volatile
46 South Korea 0.4802 2020 down 32.7% volatile
47 France 0.4653 2020 up 97.0% volatile
48 Jordan 0.4444 2020 down 7.7% falling
49 Peru 0.4314 2020 down 8.8% rising
50 Chile 0.4298 2020 up 6.0% rising
51 Poland 0.4169 2020 up 12.9% falling
52 Brazil 0.41 2020 up 0.4% rising
53 Thailand 0.4082 2020 up 5.4% rising
54 Vietnam 0.3986 2020 down 3.7% volatile
55 Mexico 0.3875 2020 down 20.5% rising
56 South Africa 0.3872 2020 up 85.1% volatile
57 Israel 0.3829 2020 down 5.8% rising
58 China 0.37 2020 up 101.6% volatile
59 Barbados 0.3627 2020 down 1.5% falling
60 Indonesia 0.3447 2020 up 22.8% flat
61 Philippines 0.331 2020 up 8.2% rising
62 Belgium 0.3211 2020 up 94.9% volatile
63 Turkey 0.3065 2020 down 4.7% rising
64 Egypt 0.3052 2020 up 2.6% rising
65 Macao 0.3013 2020 down 6.3% rising
66 Bangladesh 0.2976 2020 down 2.9% rising
67 Sri Lanka 0.2388 2020 down 16.0% rising
68 Ghana 0.2323 2020 up 29.2% rising
69 Iran 0.221 2020 down 33.0% rising
70 India 0.1961 2020 down 1.3% volatile
71 Slovenia 0.1737 2020 down 73.1% volatile
72 Portugal 0.1682 2020 down 22.8% volatile
73 Estonia 0.1655 2020 up 116.0% volatile
74 Kuwait 0.1292 2020 up 38.8% falling
75 Mongolia 0.0994 2020 up 169.2% volatile
76 Uruguay 0.0929 2020 up 37.2% volatile
77 Lithuania 0.0778 2020 up 142.5% volatile
78 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0726 2020 down 50.9% falling
79 Bulgaria 0.0627 2020 up 133.2% volatile
80 Latvia 0.0573 2020 down 59.2% volatile
81 Namibia 0.0468 2020 down 22.1% volatile
82 Czechia 0.0405 2020 up 43.2% volatile
83 Armenia 0.0348 2020 down 0.1% volatile
84 Jamaica 0.0347 2020 down 9.0% volatile
85 Togo 0.0306 2020 up 43.5% rising
86 Lebanon 0.0302 2020 up 40.8% volatile
87 Georgia 0.0283 2020 up 4.7% volatile
88 Guatemala 0.0201 2020 up 94.9% falling
89 Dominican Republic 0.0199 2020 up 66.9% falling
90 Costa Rica 0.0198 2020 down 21.0% falling
91 Azerbaijan 0.0197 2020 up 83.3% volatile
92 Slovakia 0.0181 2020 down 66.3% volatile
93 Tunisia 0.0179 2020 up 87.2% falling
94 Kyrgyzstan 0.0174 2020 down 11.8% volatile
95 El Salvador 0.0166 2020 down 16.9% rising
96 Laos 0.0152 2020 down 62.6% volatile
97 Paraguay 0.0151 2020 down 60.2% falling
98 Burundi 0.0112 2020 down 26.6% rising
99 Romania 0.0111 2020 up 135.0% volatile
100 Honduras 0.0109 2020 down 23.8% rising
101 Belarus 0.0109 2020 up 5.7% volatile
102 Bolivia 0.0097 2020 down 41.4% rising
103 Angola 0.0082 2020 up 29.8% volatile
104 Venezuela 0.0075 2020 down 33.6% volatile
105 Kenya 0.007 2020 up 124.4% falling
106 Uzbekistan 0.0061 2020 down 79.4% volatile
107 Ecuador 0.0061 2020 down 41.1% falling
108 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0053 2020 down 15.8% falling
109 Tanzania 0.0046 2020 down 7.1% falling
110 Mozambique 0.0042 2020 up 9.5% volatile
111 Algeria 0.004 2020 unchanged falling
112 Ukraine 0.0023 2020 down 81.9% volatile
113 Ethiopia 0.0011 2020 up 33.4% rising
114 Pakistan 0.0011 2020 down 20.6% 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 Markets 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.