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Financial institutions development, depth, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 27 countries was 0.502 index points. The highest value was in Denmark: 1 index points and the lowest value was in Romania: 0.137 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
Denmark 1 1 1980 - 2021
Sweden 0.999 2 1980 - 2021
Finland 0.815 3 1980 - 2021
France 0.804 4 1980 - 2021
Netherlands 0.783 5 1980 - 2021
Belgium 0.76 6 1980 - 2021
Austria 0.731 7 1980 - 2021
Malta 0.658 8 1980 - 2021
Germany 0.642 9 1980 - 2021
Ireland 0.638 10 1980 - 2021
Luxembourg 0.625 11 1980 - 2021
Spain 0.564 12 1980 - 2021
Italy 0.539 13 1980 - 2021
Portugal 0.489 14 1980 - 2021
Cyprus 0.452 15 1980 - 2021
Croatia 0.366 16 1992 - 2021
Slovakia 0.325 17 1991 - 2021
Hungary 0.286 18 1982 - 2021
Czechia 0.285 19 1990 - 2021
Slovenia 0.283 20 1992 - 2021
Estonia 0.274 21 1992 - 2021
Bulgaria 0.25 22 1988 - 2021
Poland 0.229 23 1980 - 2021
Greece 0.214 24 1982 - 2021
Latvia 0.204 25 1993 - 2021
Lithuania 0.203 26 1993 - 2021
Romania 0.137 27 1980 - 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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