Foreign banks among total banks in Brazil
Brazil: Foreign banks among total banks was 40.0% in 2013. ▲ Rising
Foreign banks among total banks in Brazil, 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
Brazil recorded 40.0% 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 2.6% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign banks among total banks in Brazil peaked at 40.0% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 22.0%, in 1995.
Brazil ranks 70th of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Foreign banks among total banks in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 22.0% | — |
| 1996 | 24.0% | +9.1% |
| 1997 | 28.0% | +16.7% |
| 1998 | 31.0% | +10.7% |
| 1999 | 33.0% | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 34.0% | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 34.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 34.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 34.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 35.0% | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 34.0% | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 35.0% | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 36.0% | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 38.0% | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 37.0% | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 38.0% | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 38.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 39.0% | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 40.0% | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.6% | 22.0% | 33.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 35.1% | 34.0% | 38.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.8% | 38.0% | 40.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More financial sector data for Brazil
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 83,511 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 7.8 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 11.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 194.05 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 17.68 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 226.46 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 244.10 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 261.78 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 261.56 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,229 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign banks among total banks in Brazil?
- Foreign banks among total banks in Brazil was 40.0% 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 Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 40.0% in 2013.
- What is the lowest foreign banks among total banks recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.0% in 1995.
- How does Brazil rank for foreign banks among total banks?
- Brazil ranks 70th out of 137 countries with data for 2013.
- Is foreign banks among total banks rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.