Nonfinancial corporate bonds to total bonds and notes outstanding (%) by country

Total amount of domestic nonfinancial corporate bonds and notes outstanding (BIS Table 16B) to total amount of domestic bonds and notes outstanding, both corporate and noncorporate (BIS Table 16A).

Countries reporting
24
Highest
42.8%
Taiwan
Lowest
0.5%
Denmark
Median
7.1%
Years covered
35
1987–2021
Data points
532

What the numbers show

Nonfinancial corporate bonds to total bonds and notes outstanding (%) is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 42.8% in Taiwan; the lowest is 0.5% in Denmark.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.1%, and the mean is 13.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 87.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Turkey (up 2,203.2%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 55.6%).

Nonfinancial corporate bonds to total bonds and notes outstanding: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Taiwan 42.8% 2021 up 65.3% falling
2 Malaysia 38.6% 2021 up 14.5% flat
3 Russia 27.7% 2021 down 14.5% rising
4 Thailand 25.3% 2021 up 73.3% rising
5 Israel 24.5% 2021 up 8.0% rising
6 China 23.7% 2021 up 6.9% volatile
7 Norway 19.3% 2021 up 55.0% rising
8 Switzerland 18.5% 2021 up 12.3% rising
9 South Korea 17.9% 2021 down 34.4% falling
10 Iceland 17.0% 2021 up 144.4% volatile
11 Canada 11.1% 2021 down 11.7% rising
12 Peru 7.7% 2021 down 55.6% falling
13 Mexico 6.4% 2021 down 21.4% falling
14 Hungary 6.1% 2021 up 547.7% volatile
15 South Africa 6.0% 2021 down 51.9% falling
16 Brazil 6.0% 2021 up 2.7% rising
17 Japan 5.9% 2021 up 3.2% volatile
18 Indonesia 5.4% 2021 up 4.2% rising
19 Croatia 4.3% 2021 down 22.8% volatile
20 Sweden 3.0% 2021 up 18.3% falling
21 Australia 2.6% 2021 down 20.2% falling
22 Colombia 1.3% 2021 down 44.1% falling
23 Turkey 1.2% 2021 up 2,203.2% volatile
24 Denmark 0.5% 2021 up 233.6% volatile

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Indicator
Nonfinancial corporate bonds to total bonds and notes outstanding (%)
Unit
%
Source
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 532 data points, 1987–2021
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Total amount of domestic nonfinancial corporate bonds and notes outstanding (BIS Table 16B) to total amount of domestic bonds and notes outstanding, both corporate and noncorporate (BIS Table 16A).