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Financial institutions development, depth, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 19 countries was 0.27 index points. The highest value was in Bolivia: 0.691 index points and the lowest value was in Haiti: 0.038 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
Bolivia 0.691 1 1980 - 2021
Chile 0.615 2 1980 - 2021
Brazil 0.509 3 1980 - 2021
Costa Rica 0.379 4 1980 - 2021
El Salvador 0.371 5 1980 - 2021
Colombia 0.361 6 1980 - 2021
Uruguay 0.282 7 1980 - 2021
Mexico 0.277 8 1980 - 2021
Peru 0.248 9 1980 - 2021
Panama 0.243 10 1980 - 2021
Argentina 0.187 11 1980 - 2021
Honduras 0.184 12 1980 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 0.161 13 1980 - 2021
Ecuador 0.157 14 1980 - 2021
Paraguay 0.142 15 1980 - 2021
Guatemala 0.116 16 1980 - 2021
Nicaragua 0.102 17 1980 - 2021
Venezuela 0.068 18 1980 - 2021
Haiti 0.038 19 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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