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Financial institutions development, depth, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 42 countries was 0.295 index points. The highest value was in Hong Kong: 1 index points and the lowest value was in Yemen: 0.021 index points. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: index points; Source: International Monetary Fund
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Countries Financial institutions development, depth, 2021 Global rank Available data
Hong Kong 1 1 1980 - 2021
Singapore 1 2 1980 - 2021
South Korea 0.859 3 1980 - 2021
Malaysia 0.814 4 1980 - 2021
Japan 0.692 5 1980 - 2021
Israel 0.644 6 1980 - 2021
Thailand 0.625 7 1980 - 2021
Macao 0.577 8 1984 - 2021
China 0.486 9 1982 - 2021
India 0.389 10 1980 - 2021
Jordan 0.36 11 1980 - 2021
Bahrain 0.355 12 1980 - 2021
Vietnam 0.344 13 1992 - 2021
Qatar 0.3 14 1980 - 2021
Cambodia 0.282 15 1993 - 2021
Lebanon 0.245 16 1980 - 2021
Nepal 0.238 17 1980 - 2021
Kuwait 0.237 18 1980 - 2021
UA Emirates 0.225 19 1980 - 2021
Philippines 0.215 20 1980 - 2021
Iran 0.2 21 1980 - 2021
Georgia 0.182 22 1994 - 2021
Maldives 0.17 23 1980 - 2021
Oman 0.17 24 1980 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 0.17 25 1980 - 2021
Armenia 0.165 26 1993 - 2021
Indonesia 0.162 27 1980 - 2021
Sri Lanka 0.147 28 1980 - 2021
Kazakhstan 0.145 29 1993 - 2021
Bhutan 0.141 30 1982 - 2021
Brunei 0.13 31 1994 - 2021
Mongolia 0.107 32 1991 - 2021
Bangladesh 0.097 33 1980 - 2021
Uzbekistan 0.084 34 1993 - 2021
Burma 0.075 35 1980 - 2021
Azerbaijan 0.068 36 1992 - 2021
Pakistan 0.065 37 1980 - 2021
Laos 0.063 38 1989 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 0.057 39 1995 - 2021
Syria 0.044 40 1980 - 2021
Tajikistan 0.039 41 1998 - 2021
Yemen 0.021 42 1988 - 2021



Definition: Measures the development of financial institutions in terms of depth. Constructed as a principal component of the following variables: Private-sector credit to GDP; Pension fund assets to GDP; Mutual fund assets to GDP; and Insurance premiums, life and non-life, to GDP. See Svirydzenka, Katsiaryna (IMF, 2016) for more detail.

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