Foreign banks among total banks in Croatia
Croatia: Foreign banks among total banks was 52.0% in 2013. ▲ Rising
Foreign banks among total banks in Croatia, 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
Croatia recorded 52.0% 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 4.0% on the previous year and up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign banks among total banks in Croatia peaked at 52.0% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 6.0%, in 1995.
That places Croatia 56th out of 137 countries with data for 2013, putting it 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 Croatia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6.0% | — |
| 1996 | 13.0% | +116.7% |
| 1997 | 18.0% | +38.5% |
| 1998 | 23.0% | +27.8% |
| 1999 | 28.0% | +21.7% |
| 2000 | 32.0% | +14.3% |
| 2001 | 34.0% | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 34.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 26.0% | -23.5% |
| 2004 | 29.0% | +11.5% |
| 2005 | 33.0% | +13.8% |
| 2006 | 37.0% | +12.1% |
| 2007 | 46.0% | +24.3% |
| 2008 | 46.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 44.0% | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 44.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 48.0% | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 50.0% | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 52.0% | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.6% | 6.0% | 28.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 36.1% | 26.0% | 46.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 48.5% | 44.0% | 52.0% | 4 |
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More financial sector data for Croatia
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate -4.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 35.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.0177 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 478.67 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 20.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 794.25 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 20.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 794.25 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign banks among total banks in Croatia?
- Foreign banks among total banks in Croatia was 52.0% 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 Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 52.0% in 2013.
- What is the lowest foreign banks among total banks recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.0% in 1995.
- How does Croatia rank for foreign banks among total banks?
- Croatia ranks 56th out of 137 countries with data for 2013.
- Is foreign banks among total banks rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia 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.