Foreign banks among total banks in Nigeria
Nigeria: Foreign banks among total banks was 28.0% in 2013. ▲ Rising
Foreign banks among total banks in Nigeria, 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
The most recent figure for foreign banks among total banks in Nigeria is 28.0%, measured in 2013. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 154.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign banks among total banks in Nigeria peaked at 28.0% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 1995.
That places Nigeria 90th 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 Nigeria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5.0% | — |
| 1996 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 9.0% | +80.0% |
| 2000 | 13.0% | +44.4% |
| 2001 | 12.0% | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 11.0% | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 11.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 11.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 11.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 15.0% | +36.4% |
| 2007 | 15.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 15.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 15.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 15.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 20.0% | +33.3% |
| 2012 | 28.0% | +40.0% |
| 2013 | 28.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.8% | 5.0% | 9.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 12.9% | 11.0% | 15.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.8% | 15.0% | 28.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More financial sector data for Nigeria
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 296,323 current LCU per person (2022)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 102.21 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 35.83 % change on previous year (2022)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 24.13 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 2.20 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 28.09 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 31.41 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 33.61 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 33.58 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 141.38 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign banks among total banks in Nigeria?
- Foreign banks among total banks in Nigeria was 28.0% 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 28.0% in 2012.
- What is the lowest foreign banks among total banks recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.0% in 1995.
- How does Nigeria rank for foreign banks among total banks?
- Nigeria ranks 90th out of 137 countries with data for 2013.
- Is foreign banks among total banks rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 154.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.