Greece: Financial markets development, access

The latest value from 2021 is 0.688 index points, an increase from 0.615 index points in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 0.361 index points, based on data from 114 countries. Historically, the average for Greece from 1982 to 2021 is 0.388 index points. The minimum value, 0.046 index points, was reached in 1982 while the maximum of 0.737 index points was recorded in 2014. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: Measures access to the financial markets using principal components methodology with these variables: Percent of market capitalization outside of top 10 largest companies and Total number of issuers of debt (domestic and external, nonfinancial and financial corporations). See Svirydzenka, Katsiaryna (IMF, 2016) for more detail.