Banking system concentration - Country rankings
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Bank concentration: percent of bank assets held by top three banks, 2021 - Country rankings:
The average for 2021 based on 40 countries was 71.32 percent.The highest value was in Iceland: 100 percent and the lowest value was in Bosnia and Herzegovina: 41.66 percent. The indicator is available from 2000 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: Bankscope
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Countries | Banking system concentration, 2021 | Global rank | Available data |
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Iceland | 100 | 1 | 2000 - 2021 |
Lithuania | 98.73 | 2 | 2000 - 2021 |
North Macedonia | 97.39 | 3 | 2000 - 2021 |
Finland | 92.57 | 4 | 2000 - 2021 |
Greece | 92.39 | 5 | 2004 - 2021 |
Estonia | 91.37 | 6 | 2000 - 2021 |
Sweden | 89.63 | 7 | 2000 - 2021 |
Malta | 89.44 | 8 | 2000 - 2021 |
Netherlands | 88.29 | 9 | 2000 - 2021 |
Cyprus | 84.82 | 10 | 2000 - 2021 |
Montenegro | 83.19 | 11 | 2003 - 2021 |
Denmark | 81.78 | 12 | 2000 - 2021 |
Germany | 79.43 | 13 | 2000 - 2021 |
Slovakia | 78.92 | 14 | 2000 - 2021 |
Latvia | 74.56 | 15 | 2000 - 2021 |
Albania | 74.01 | 16 | 2000 - 2021 |
Ireland | 73.75 | 17 | 2000 - 2021 |
Spain | 71.96 | 18 | 2000 - 2021 |
Moldova | 70.64 | 19 | 2000 - 2021 |
Belarus | 68.86 | 20 | 2000 - 2021 |
Portugal | 68.85 | 21 | 2000 - 2021 |
Belgium | 68.05 | 22 | 2000 - 2021 |
Romania | 67.41 | 23 | 2000 - 2021 |
Croatia | 66.84 | 24 | 2000 - 2021 |
Slovenia | 66.49 | 25 | 2000 - 2021 |
France | 66.26 | 26 | 2000 - 2021 |
Switzerland | 65.63 | 27 | 2000 - 2021 |
Austria | 64.79 | 28 | 2000 - 2021 |
Bulgaria | 63.99 | 29 | 2000 - 2021 |
Ukraine | 63.57 | 30 | 2000 - 2021 |
Czechia | 63.22 | 31 | 2000 - 2021 |
Italy | 62.58 | 32 | 2000 - 2021 |
Hungary | 60.92 | 33 | 2000 - 2021 |
Russia | 50.4 | 34 | 2000 - 2021 |
Poland | 49.9 | 35 | 2000 - 2021 |
Serbia | 47.68 | 36 | 2000 - 2021 |
Turkey | 46.77 | 37 | 2000 - 2021 |
Luxembourg | 43.26 | 38 | 2000 - 2021 |
UK | 42.91 | 39 | 2000 - 2021 |
Bosnia & Herz. | 41.66 | 40 | 2000 - 2021 |
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Definition: Raw data are from Bankscope. (Sum(data2025) for three largest banks in Bankscope) / (Sum(data2025) for all banks in Bankscope). Only reported if number of banks in Bankscope is 3 or more. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope.
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97.39
92.57
92.39
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89.63
89.44
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74.01
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68.86
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67.41
66.84
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63.99
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