Foreign banks among total banks in Netherlands
Netherlands: Foreign banks among total banks was 47.0% in 2013. ▼ Falling
Foreign banks among total banks in Netherlands, 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
Netherlands recorded 47.0% for foreign banks among total banks in 2013.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.3% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign banks among total banks in Netherlands peaked at 50.0% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 41.0%, in 2008.
Netherlands ranks 61st of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Foreign banks among total banks in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 45.0% | — |
| 1996 | 47.0% | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 47.0% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 50.0% | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 47.0% | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 47.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 47.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 47.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 47.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 44.0% | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 44.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 44.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 41.0% | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 42.0% | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 45.0% | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 45.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 43.0% | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 47.0% | +9.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 47.8% | 45.0% | 50.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 45.0% | 41.0% | 47.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.0% | 43.0% | 47.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More financial sector data for Netherlands
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 92,550 current LCU per person (2023)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.46 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate -5.38 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 689.18 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 62.80 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 6.18 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 23.40 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 86.20 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 85.39 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 4,721 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign banks among total banks in Netherlands?
- Foreign banks among total banks in Netherlands was 47.0% 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 Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 50.0% in 1998.
- What is the lowest foreign banks among total banks recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.0% in 2008.
- How does Netherlands rank for foreign banks among total banks?
- Netherlands ranks 61st out of 137 countries with data for 2013.
- Is foreign banks among total banks rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands 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.