Financial Markets 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
183
Highest
0.9218
Switzerland
Lowest
0
Samoa
Median
0.0719
Years covered
41
1980–2020
Data points
7,872

What the numbers show

Financial Markets Index is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 0.9218 in Switzerland; the lowest is 0 in Samoa.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0719, and the mean is 0.2105.

Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 2,996,990,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Congo, Democratic Republic of the (down 100.0%).

Financial Markets Index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Switzerland 0.9218 2020 down 1.9% rising
2 United States 0.8987 2020 down 1.0% rising
3 Australia 0.8856 2020 down 3.5% rising
4 Japan 0.8632 2020 up 16.3% rising
5 United Kingdom 0.8498 2020 down 1.0% rising
6 Spain 0.8134 2020 down 0.8% volatile
7 Italy 0.7983 2020 up 14.5% volatile
8 Korea 0.7788 2020 down 6.3% rising
9 Germany 0.7779 2020 up 6.3% rising
10 Canada 0.7545 2020 down 9.0% rising
11 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 0.7433 2020 down 2.7% rising
12 France 0.74 2020 up 9.3% rising
13 Malaysia 0.7356 2020 up 25.5% rising
14 Thailand 0.731 2020 up 10.8% rising
15 Norway 0.7214 2020 down 18.3% rising
16 China, People's Republic of 0.7013 2020 up 19.3% rising
17 Sweden 0.6863 2020 down 11.9% rising
18 Netherlands 0.6822 2020 down 14.5% rising
19 Finland 0.6712 2020 up 8.6% volatile
20 Brazil 0.6602 2020 up 24.5% volatile
21 Ireland 0.6518 2020 up 12.7% rising
22 Singapore 0.6361 2020 down 13.5% rising
23 Qatar 0.6021 2020 down 17.7% rising
24 India 0.5944 2020 up 9.7% rising
25 Türkiye 0.5833 2020 up 4.6% rising
26 Denmark 0.5831 2020 down 0.3% rising
27 Portugal 0.5808 2020 up 1.5% volatile
28 Luxembourg 0.5666 2020 down 6.3% rising
29 Austria 0.5662 2020 down 7.4% rising
30 United Arab Emirates 0.5527 2020 up 18.1% volatile
31 Saudi Arabia 0.538 2020 down 0.7% rising
32 South Africa 0.5122 2020 up 18.4% rising
33 Greece 0.5011 2020 down 17.3% volatile
34 New Zealand 0.4852 2020 up 30.0% rising
35 Bahrain, Kingdom of 0.4848 2020 down 6.0% rising
36 Belgium 0.4764 2020 up 0.9% volatile
37 Russia 0.4411 2020 down 16.3% volatile
38 Mauritius 0.4315 2020 up 83.9% rising
39 Israel 0.4168 2020 down 18.0% rising
40 Cyprus 0.4114 2020 down 18.7% rising
41 Panama 0.4078 2020 up 47.5% rising
42 Malta 0.407 2020 up 33.2% rising
43 Chile 0.3994 2020 up 6.1% rising
44 Poland 0.3845 2020 up 12.5% falling
45 Hungary 0.3822 2020 down 35.4% rising
46 Czechia 0.3806 2020 up 0.2% volatile
47 Philippines 0.3717 2020 up 10.7% rising
48 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.367 2020 up 76.2% rising
49 Vietnam 0.3606 2020 down 33.5% volatile
50 Bahamas, The 0.3293 2020 up 16.8% rising
51 Mexico 0.3291 2020 down 7.4% rising
52 Oman 0.3186 2020 up 8.4% rising
53 Indonesia 0.3112 2020 up 8.4% rising
54 Colombia 0.3068 2020 down 0.1% volatile
55 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.2888 2020 down 18.0% rising
56 Iceland 0.2842 2020 down 2.9% rising
57 Croatia 0.2626 2020 down 5.1% volatile
58 Morocco 0.2588 2020 down 6.7% volatile
59 Kazakhstan, Republic of 0.2553 2020 down 13.2% volatile
60 Kuwait 0.2502 2020 down 46.9% volatile
61 Jordan 0.2365 2020 down 46.7% falling
62 Botswana 0.2347 2020 down 2.7% rising
63 Peru 0.2288 2020 down 12.2% rising
64 Argentina 0.2276 2020 up 9.5% flat
65 Barbados 0.2188 2020 up 11.2% rising
66 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 0.2039 2020 up 314.3% rising
67 Nigeria 0.1998 2020 down 8.7% rising
68 Bangladesh 0.1961 2020 up 6.7% volatile
69 Zambia 0.1871 2020 down 2.0% flat
70 St. Lucia 0.1833 2020 down 1.7% rising
71 Brunei Darussalam 0.1783 2020 up 3.5% rising
72 Jamaica 0.1731 2020 up 12.4% rising
73 Pakistan 0.1658 2020 up 4.6% volatile
74 Lebanon 0.1541 2020 down 1.0% volatile
75 Sri Lanka 0.1507 2020 down 36.8% rising
76 Mongolia 0.1439 2020 up 282.8% volatile
77 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1236 2020 down 23.3% rising
78 Slovenia 0.1137 2020 down 64.2% volatile
79 Ghana 0.1129 2020 up 22.1% rising
80 Togo 0.0996 2020 up 512.1% volatile
81 Papua New Guinea 0.0981 2020 down 39.8% rising
82 Grenada 0.0966 2020 up 27.7% rising
83 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 0.0964 2020 down 6.3% rising
84 Mozambique, Republic of 0.0941 2020 up 166.7% volatile
85 Burundi 0.0934 2020 up 112.0% volatile
86 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0911 2020 down 12.7% volatile
87 Liberia 0.0902 2020 unchanged falling
88 Namibia 0.087 2020 down 74.2% volatile
89 Estonia 0.0839 2020 up 18.9% volatile
90 Seychelles 0.0772 2020 down 34.1% falling
91 Romania 0.0725 2020 up 16.7% falling
92 Honduras 0.0719 2020 up 63.9% volatile
93 Bulgaria 0.0695 2020 up 0.9% volatile
94 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0.0635 2020 up 96.3% volatile
95 Angola 0.0622 2020 up 104.9% volatile
96 Côte d'Ivoire 0.0608 2020 down 56.0% volatile
97 Tunisia 0.06 2020 down 41.7% falling
98 Uzbekistan, Republic of 0.0556 2020 up 329.5% volatile
99 Uruguay 0.054 2020 up 53.0% volatile
100 Serbia, Republic of 0.053 2020 up 9.9% volatile
101 Yemen, Republic of 0.043 2020 up 89.6% volatile
102 Kenya 0.0401 2020 down 39.7% rising
103 Lithuania 0.0398 2020 up 64.6% volatile
104 Paraguay 0.0357 2020 up 10.7% flat
105 Latvia 0.0354 2020 down 42.2% volatile
106 Georgia 0.0354 2020 up 64.0% volatile
107 Costa Rica 0.0341 2020 up 12.1% rising
108 Ukraine 0.0328 2020 down 64.6% volatile
109 Rwanda 0.032 2020 down 9.9% rising
110 Chad 0.0294 2020 up 361.9% volatile
111 Slovak Republic 0.029 2020 down 55.5% volatile
112 Ecuador 0.0265 2020 up 19.7% falling
113 Turkmenistan 0.0211 2020 down 8.6% volatile
114 Armenia, Republic of 0.021 2020 up 19.4% volatile
115 El Salvador 0.0196 2020 up 1.2% volatile
116 Congo, Republic of 0.0181 2020 up 95.3% falling
117 Belarus, Republic of 0.0176 2020 down 84.8% volatile
118 Guatemala 0.017 2020 up 129.1% falling
119 Dominican Republic 0.0168 2020 up 46.7% rising
120 Guinea 0.0162 2020 up 6,003.6% volatile
121 Senegal 0.016 2020 up 593.7% volatile
122 Bhutan 0.0159 2020 down 43.1% rising
123 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.013 2020 down 19.2% falling
124 Eswatini, Kingdom of 0.0122 2020 unchanged volatile
125 Gabon 0.0122 2020 up 177.0% volatile
126 Niger 0.0097 2020 down 11.5% falling
127 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.0095 2020 up 6.3% volatile
128 Suriname 0.0088 2020 up 36.6% rising
129 Albania 0.0083 2020 up 74.2% volatile
130 Bolivia 0.0079 2020 down 15.2% rising
131 Guyana 0.0077 2020 down 16.8% rising
132 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 0.0076 2020 up 139.7% volatile
133 Kyrgyz Republic 0.0075 2020 up 15.7% volatile
134 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 0.0069 2020 down 30.5% falling
135 Benin 0.0061 2020 up 15.2% volatile
136 North Macedonia 0.0051 2020 up 47.2% volatile
137 Sierra Leone 0.0049 2020 down 40.1% volatile
138 Maldives 0.0047 2020 up 33.6% falling
139 Madagascar, Republic of 0.0036 2020 down 24.3% falling
140 Moldova, Republic of 0.0034 2020 up 17.3% volatile
141 Mali 0.0032 2020 up 2,996,990,000.0% volatile
142 Uganda 0.0031 2020 up 282.0% volatile
143 Tajikistan, Republic of 0.0031 2020 down 25.9% volatile
144 Belize 0.003 2020 down 25.4% falling
145 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0024 2020 up 284.1% volatile
146 Cambodia 0.0024 2020 down 80.4% volatile
147 Cameroon 0.0023 2020 up 44.8% volatile
148 Cabo Verde 0.0022 2020 up 19.3% rising
149 Lesotho, Kingdom of 0.0019 2020 up 3.3% falling
150 Fiji, Republic of 0.0018 2020 down 74.2% falling
151 Algeria 0.0017 2020 down 67.1% volatile
152 Burkina Faso 0.0015 2020 up 537.5% volatile
153 Myanmar 0.0014 2020 up 452.4% volatile
154 Nicaragua 0.0014 2020 down 63.8% volatile
155 Malawi 0.0009 2020 up 12.6% rising
156 Nepal 0.0006 2020 down 41.7% rising
157 Sudan 0.0002 2020 down 70.7% falling
158 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile
159 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2020 flat
159 Central African Republic 0 2020 flat
159 Comoros, Union of the 0 2020 flat
159 Djibouti 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile
159 Dominica 0 2020 flat
159 Eritrea, The State of 0 2020 flat
159 Micronesia, Federated States of 0 2020 flat
159 Gambia, The 0 2020 flat
159 Guinea-Bissau 0 2020 flat
159 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 0 2020 volatile
159 Haiti 0 2020 flat
159 Kiribati 0 2020 flat
159 St. Kitts and Nevis 0 2020 flat
159 Libya 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile
159 Marshall Islands 0 2020 flat
159 French Polynesia 0 2020 flat
159 Solomon Islands 0 2020 flat
159 South Sudan, Republic of 0 2020 flat
159 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 0 2020 flat
159 Syrian Arab Republic 0 2020 volatile
159 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 0 2020 flat
159 Tonga 0 2020 flat
159 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2020 flat
159 Vanuatu 0 2020 flat
159 Samoa 0 2020 flat

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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Indicator
Financial Markets 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.