Foreign banks among total banks in Hungary
Hungary: Foreign banks among total banks was 80.0% in 2013. ▲ Rising
Foreign banks among total banks in Hungary, 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
Hungary recorded 80.0% for foreign banks among total banks in 2013.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign banks among total banks in Hungary peaked at 88.0% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 65.0%, in 1995.
Hungary ranks 15th of 137 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Foreign banks among total banks in Hungary, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 65.0% | — |
| 1996 | 66.0% | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 71.0% | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 72.0% | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 76.0% | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 76.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 81.0% | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 79.0% | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 84.0% | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 86.0% | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 86.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 88.0% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 87.0% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 87.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 82.0% | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 82.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 81.0% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 81.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 80.0% | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 70.0% | 65.0% | 76.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 83.6% | 76.0% | 88.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.0% | 80.0% | 82.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More financial sector data for Hungary
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 4.99 million current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 214.29 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 9.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 123.80 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 11.28 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 29.95 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 31.87 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 43.15 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 43.04 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 4,524 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign banks among total banks in Hungary?
- Foreign banks among total banks in Hungary was 80.0% 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 Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 88.0% in 2006.
- What is the lowest foreign banks among total banks recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.0% in 1995.
- How does Hungary rank for foreign banks among total banks?
- Hungary ranks 15th out of 137 countries with data for 2013.
- Is foreign banks among total banks rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary 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.