Foreign banks among total banks in Benin
Benin: Foreign banks among total banks was 89.0% in 2013. ▬ Flat
Foreign banks among total banks in Benin, 1995–2013
Source: Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen, 2012. "Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability" IMF Working Paper, WP/12/10. Measured in %.
Analysis
Benin recorded 89.0% for foreign banks among total banks in 2013. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign banks among total banks in Benin peaked at 89.0% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 75.0%, in 2003.
Benin ranks 7th of 137 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Foreign banks among total banks in Benin, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 83.0% | — |
| 1996 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 83.0% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 86.0% | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 86.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 86.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 86.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 75.0% | -12.8% |
| 2004 | 75.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 78.0% | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 78.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 78.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 78.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 89.0% | +14.1% |
| 2010 | 89.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 89.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 89.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 89.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 83.6% | 83.0% | 86.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 80.9% | 75.0% | 89.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.0% | 89.0% | 89.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 4 Luxembourg 95.0% compare
- 5 Zambia 94.0% compare
- 6 El Salvador 91.0% compare
- 8 Montenegro 88.0% compare
- 9 Albania 85.0% compare
- 9 Ireland 85.0% compare
- 9 Mozambique 85.0% compare
More financial sector data for Benin
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 226,044 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 136.31 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 13.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 19.7% (2025)
- Net domestic credit 3.35 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Net foreign assets 2.25 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 19.8% (2025)
- Broad money 29.6% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 2.0% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 19.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign banks among total banks in Benin?
- Foreign banks among total banks in Benin was 89.0% in 2013, according to Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen, 2012. "Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability" IMF Working Paper, WP/12/10.
- What is the highest foreign banks among total banks recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 89.0% in 2009.
- What is the lowest foreign banks among total banks recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.0% in 2003.
- How does Benin rank for foreign banks among total banks?
- Benin ranks 7th out of 137 countries with data for 2013.
- Is foreign banks among total banks rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen, 2012. "Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability" IMF Working Paper, WP/12/10, published as part of Foreign banks among total banks (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of the number of foreign owned banks to the number of the total banks in an Economy. A foreign bank is a bank where 50 percent or more of its shares are owned by foreigners.