Foreign banks among total banks (%) in Norway
Norway: Foreign banks among total banks (%) was 2.0% in 2013. ▲ Rising
Foreign banks among total banks in Norway, 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 Norway is 2.0%, measured in 2013. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign banks among total banks in Norway peaked at 2.0% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 1995.
That places Norway 123rd out of 137 countries with data for 2013, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Foreign banks among total banks (%) in Norway, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1.0% | — |
| 1996 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2.0% | +100.0% |
| 2000 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 2.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 36.0%, 6% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Norway's 2.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 50.0%, 4% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.2% | 1.0% | 2.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 121 France 4.0% compare
- 122 Bangladesh 3.0% compare
- 123 Japan 2.0% compare
- 125 Sweden 1.0% compare
- 126 Cuba 0.0%
- 126 Ethiopia 0.0%
- 126 Greece 0.0% compare
- 126 Haiti 0.0%
- 126 Iceland 0.0%
- 126 Iran 0.0%
- 126 Israel 0.0% compare
- 126 Libya 0.0%
- 126 Qatar 0.0%
- 126 Saudi Arabia 0.0%
- 126 Sri Lanka 0.0%
- 126 Yemen 0.0%
More financial sector data for Norway
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 7.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0026 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 242.26 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 2.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0019 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 176.9 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 7.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0026 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 242.26 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 2.82 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign banks among total banks in Norway?
- Foreign banks among total banks in Norway was 2.0% 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 Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 2.0% in 1999.
- What is the lowest foreign banks among total banks recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 1995.
- How does Norway rank for foreign banks among total banks?
- Norway ranks 123rd out of 137 countries with data for 2013.
- Is foreign banks among total banks rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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.