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Foreign bank assets among total bank assets (%) by country

Percentage of the total banking assets that are held by foreign banks. A foreign bank is a bank where 50 percent or more of its shares are owned by foreigners.

Countries reporting
116
Highest
100.0%
Burkina Faso
Lowest
0.0%
Greece
Median
32.0%
Years covered
9
2005–2013
Data points
1,095

What the numbers show

Foreign bank assets among total bank assets (%) is currently reported for 116 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Burkina Faso; the lowest is 0.0% in Greece.

The median across all reporting countries is 32.0%, and the mean is 43.0%.

Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Italy (up 500.0%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 100.0%).

Foreign bank assets among total bank assets: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Burkina Faso 100.0% 2011 up 26.6% rising
1 Barbados 100.0% 2013 unchanged flat
1 Madagascar 100.0% 2013 unchanged flat
1 El Salvador 100.0% 2013 up 100.0% rising
1 Eswatini 100.0% 2013 up 25.0% rising
6 Zambia 99.0% 2013 up 43.5% rising
7 Benin 98.0% 2009 — rising
8 Estonia 97.0% 2013 down 3.0% flat
9 Mozambique 94.0% 2013 down 5.1% flat
9 New Zealand 94.0% 2013 down 5.1% flat
9 Senegal 94.0% 2012 up 51.6% rising
12 Hong Kong, China 92.0% 2013 unchanged flat
12 Luxembourg 92.0% 2013 down 7.1% falling
12 Uruguay 92.0% 2013 up 22.7% flat
15 Jamaica 91.0% 2013 up 4.6% rising
15 Lithuania 91.0% 2013 down 1.1% flat
17 Croatia 90.0% 2013 down 2.2% flat
18 Albania 89.0% 2013 down 4.3% falling
18 Montenegro 89.0% 2013 up 287.0% rising
20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 87.0% 2013 unchanged flat
21 Armenia 85.0% 2013 up 51.8% rising
21 Czechia 85.0% 2013 up 2.4% flat
21 Uganda 85.0% 2013 down 4.5% falling
24 Finland 84.0% 2013 up 16.7% rising
25 Kyrgyzstan 79.0% 2013 down 13.2% falling
26 Botswana 78.0% 2013 down 17.0% falling
27 Cameroon 76.0% 2012 up 7.0% rising
27 Poland 76.0% 2013 down 1.3% flat
29 Serbia 75.0% 2013 up 1.4% falling
29 Slovakia 75.0% 2013 down 18.5% falling
31 Burundi 73.0% 2013 up 102.8% rising
32 Mexico 70.0% 2013 down 15.7% falling
33 Ghana 69.0% 2012 up 21.1% rising
34 North Macedonia 68.0% 2013 up 25.9% rising
35 Panama 67.0% 2012 up 76.3% rising
36 Seychelles 65.0% 2012 up 25.0% rising
37 Georgia 64.0% 2013 up 100.0% rising
38 Bulgaria 62.0% 2013 down 18.4% falling
39 Mali 61.0% 2010 up 117.9% rising
40 Cambodia 60.0% 2012 up 66.7% rising
41 Latvia 58.0% 2013 unchanged flat
42 Trinidad and Tobago 57.0% 2011 up 338.5% volatile
43 Hungary 56.0% 2013 down 16.4% falling
44 Mauritius 55.0% 2013 up 25.0% rising
45 Angola 54.0% 2013 up 12.5% rising
46 Honduras 53.0% 2013 up 82.8% rising
47 Bahrain 52.0% 2013 down 22.4% falling
47 Namibia 52.0% 2013 down 28.8% falling
47 Pakistan 52.0% 2013 up 126.1% rising
50 Peru 51.0% 2013 up 4.1% flat
50 Paraguay 51.0% 2013 down 19.0% falling
52 Belgium 47.0% 2013 up 261.5% volatile
52 Tanzania, United Republic of 47.0% 2013 down 48.9% falling
54 Nicaragua 39.0% 2012 up 30.0% flat
55 Ireland 36.0% 2013 down 10.0% falling
55 Kenya 36.0% 2013 down 21.7% falling
57 Malawi 34.0% 2013 up 9.7% rising
58 Chile 33.0% 2013 down 21.4% falling
59 Belarus 31.0% 2013 up 121.4% rising
60 Guatemala 30.0% 2013 up 172.7% rising
61 Lebanon 29.0% 2012 down 12.1% falling
62 Tunisia 28.0% 2012 down 3.4% rising
62 Ukraine 28.0% 2013 unchanged falling
64 Indonesia 27.0% 2013 up 17.4% rising
64 Republic of Moldova 27.0% 2013 up 8.0% rising
66 Austria 26.0% 2013 up 18.2% rising
66 Costa Rica 26.0% 2013 up 8.3% rising
68 Argentina 25.0% 2013 down 7.4% flat
68 Jordan 25.0% 2013 up 78.6% rising
68 Slovenia 25.0% 2013 unchanged flat
71 Portugal 23.0% 2013 up 43.8% rising
71 South Africa 23.0% 2013 up 4.5% rising
73 Egypt 21.0% 2013 up 75.0% rising
74 Morocco 19.0% 2013 unchanged flat
74 Nigeria 19.0% 2013 up 171.4% volatile
76 Denmark 18.0% 2013 down 10.0% falling
76 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 18.0% 2013 down 40.0% falling
78 Malaysia 17.0% 2013 down 5.6% falling
79 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 16.0% 2013 down 56.8% falling
80 Brazil 15.0% 2013 down 37.5% falling
80 Colombia 15.0% 2013 down 28.6% falling
80 Algeria 15.0% 2013 up 114.3% rising
83 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.0% 2013 up 16.7% rising
83 Norway 14.0% 2013 down 66.7% falling
83 Türkiye 14.0% 2013 down 6.7% falling
86 Germany 13.0% 2013 down 45.8% falling
86 Kazakhstan 13.0% 2013 up 225.0% rising
86 Rwanda 13.0% 2011 down 75.5% falling
89 Cyprus 12.0% 2010 down 47.8% falling
89 Ecuador 12.0% 2013 up 9.1% flat
91 Nepal 11.0% 2013 down 21.4% falling
91 Oman 11.0% 2013 — volatile
91 United States of America 11.0% 2013 down 47.6% falling
94 Sudan 9.0% 2011 up 12.5% falling
95 Dominican Republic 8.0% 2013 down 11.1% falling
95 Russian Federation 8.0% 2013 up 14.3% flat
97 Republic of Korea 7.0% 2013 down 56.2% falling
97 Kuwait 7.0% 2013 down 41.7% falling
97 Thailand 7.0% 2013 up 133.3% rising
100 Italy 6.0% 2013 up 500.0% rising
100 Singapore 6.0% 2010 — falling
102 France 5.0% 2013 unchanged rising
102 Viet Nam 5.0% 2013 up 150.0% rising
104 Azerbaijan 4.0% 2013 up 300.0% volatile
104 Mauritania 4.0% 2012 up 33.3% volatile
104 Netherlands 4.0% 2013 down 42.9% falling
107 Bangladesh 3.0% 2013 up 50.0% rising
107 Canada 3.0% 2013 down 25.0% falling
107 India 3.0% 2013 unchanged falling
110 Australia 2.0% 2013 down 71.4% volatile
110 Switzerland 2.0% 2013 down 50.0% falling
110 China 2.0% 2013 unchanged flat
110 Spain 2.0% 2012 unchanged flat
114 United Arab Emirates 1.0% 2013 down 66.7% falling
114 Philippines 1.0% 2013 unchanged falling
116 Greece 0.0% 2013 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Foreign bank assets among total bank assets (%)
Unit
%
Source
Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen, 2012. "Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability" IMF Working Paper, WP/12/10
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
128 places, 1,095 data points, 2005–2013
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Percentage of the total banking assets that are held by foreign banks. A foreign bank is a bank where 50 percent or more of its shares are owned by foreigners.