Foreign banks among total banks in Zambia

Zambia: Foreign banks among total banks was 94.0% in 2013. ▲ Rising

Latest (2013)
94.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
5th
of 137 countries
All-time high
94.0%
in 2011
All-time low
50.0%
in 1995
Years of data
19
1995–2013

Foreign banks among total banks in Zambia, 1995–2013

0204060801001995200420131995: 50 %1996: 50 %1997: 55 %1998: 55 %1999: 55 %2000: 55 %2001: 60 %2002: 60 %2003: 60 %2004: 67 %2005: 70 %2006: 70 %2007: 80 %2008: 90 %2009: 92 %2010: 93 %2011: 94 %2012: 94 %2013: 94 %

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 Zambia stood at 94.0%. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 56.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, foreign banks among total banks in Zambia peaked at 94.0% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 50.0%, in 1995.

That places Zambia 5th out of 137 countries with data for 2013, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.

Foreign banks among total banks in Zambia, year by year

Annual values for Foreign banks among total banks (%) in Zambia, 1995 to 2013.
Year % Change
1995 50.0%
1996 50.0% +0.0%
1997 55.0% +10.0%
1998 55.0% +0.0%
1999 55.0% +0.0%
2000 55.0% +0.0%
2001 60.0% +9.1%
2002 60.0% +0.0%
2003 60.0% +0.0%
2004 67.0% +11.7%
2005 70.0% +4.5%
2006 70.0% +0.0%
2007 80.0% +14.3%
2008 90.0% +12.5%
2009 92.0% +2.2%
2010 93.0% +1.1%
2011 94.0% +1.1%
2012 94.0% +0.0%
2013 94.0% +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 53.0% 50.0% 55.0% 5
2000s 70.4% 55.0% 92.0% 10
2010s 93.8% 93.0% 94.0% 4

Countries ranked near Zambia

  1. 4 Luxembourg 95.0% compare
  2. 6 El Salvador 91.0% compare
  3. 7 Benin 89.0% compare
  4. 8 Montenegro 88.0% compare

See the full ranking of 137 places →

More financial sector data for Zambia

All data for Zambia →

Frequently asked questions

What is foreign banks among total banks in Zambia?
Foreign banks among total banks in Zambia was 94.0% 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 Zambia?
The highest recorded value was 94.0% in 2011.
What is the lowest foreign banks among total banks recorded in Zambia?
The lowest recorded value was 50.0% in 1995.
How does Zambia rank for foreign banks among total banks?
Zambia ranks 5th out of 137 countries with data for 2013.
Is foreign banks among total banks rising or falling in Zambia?
Over the last ten years it is up 56.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Zambia 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Foreign banks among total banks in Zambia. Statizoid, drawing on Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen, 2012. "Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability" IMF Working Paper, WP/12/10. Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://financial-sector.statizoid.com/stat/foreign-banks-among-total-banks-percent/zambia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://financial-sector.statizoid.com/stat/foreign-banks-among-total-banks-percent/zambia/">Foreign banks among total banks in Zambia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Foreign banks among total banks (%)
Unit
%
Source
Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen, 2012. "Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability" IMF Working Paper, WP/12/10
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
137 places, 2,603 data points, 1995–2013
Last refreshed

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.