Foreign banks among total banks in Spain
Spain: Foreign banks among total banks was 13.0% in 2013. ▲ Rising
Foreign banks among total banks in Spain, 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
In 2013, foreign banks among total banks in Spain stood at 13.0%. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 18.2% on the previous year and up 116.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign banks among total banks in Spain peaked at 13.0% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4.0%, in 1995.
That places Spain 110th 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 Spain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 4.0% | — |
| 1996 | 4.0% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 5.0% | +25.0% |
| 1998 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 6.0% | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 6.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 6.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5.0% | -16.7% |
| 2005 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 7.0% | +40.0% |
| 2007 | 7.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 7.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 7.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 8.0% | +14.3% |
| 2011 | 9.0% | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 11.0% | +22.2% |
| 2013 | 13.0% | +18.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.6% | 4.0% | 5.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 6.1% | 5.0% | 7.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.2% | 8.0% | 13.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 108 Azerbaijan 14.0% compare
- 108 Germany 14.0% compare
- 110 Republic of Korea 13.0% compare
- 110 Mongolia 13.0% compare
- 113 India 12.0% compare
- 113 Italy 12.0% compare
- 113 Philippines 12.0% compare
More financial sector data for Spain
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 3.34 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.0264 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 1,021 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 0.7691 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 1,317 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 13.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 1,902 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate 13.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,895 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 93.52 billion SDR (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign banks among total banks in Spain?
- Foreign banks among total banks in Spain was 13.0% 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 13.0% in 2013.
- What is the lowest foreign banks among total banks recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.0% in 1995.
- How does Spain rank for foreign banks among total banks?
- Spain ranks 110th out of 137 countries with data for 2013.
- Is foreign banks among total banks rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 116.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.