Foreign banks among total banks in Uruguay
Uruguay: Foreign banks among total banks was 78.0% in 2013. ▲ Rising
Foreign banks among total banks in Uruguay, 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
Uruguay recorded 78.0% for foreign banks among total banks in 2013.
That represents a change of down 6.0% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign banks among total banks in Uruguay peaked at 83.0% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 73.0%, in 2000.
That places Uruguay 17th out of 137 countries with data for 2013, putting it 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 Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 77.0% | — |
| 1996 | 77.0% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 77.0% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 74.0% | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 74.0% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 73.0% | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 76.0% | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 80.0% | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 78.0% | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 77.0% | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 77.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 80.0% | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 80.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 79.0% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 79.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 79.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 76.0% | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 83.0% | +9.2% |
| 2013 | 78.0% | -6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 75.8% | 74.0% | 77.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 77.9% | 73.0% | 80.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.0% | 76.0% | 83.0% | 4 |
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More financial sector data for Uruguay
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 396,400 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 15.72 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 6.67 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 112,105 SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 10.22 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 13.10 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 13.85 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 13.86 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 13.86 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 4,096 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign banks among total banks in Uruguay?
- Foreign banks among total banks in Uruguay was 78.0% 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 83.0% in 2012.
- What is the lowest foreign banks among total banks recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.0% in 2000.
- How does Uruguay rank for foreign banks among total banks?
- Uruguay ranks 17th out of 137 countries with data for 2013.
- Is foreign banks among total banks rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.