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Financial institutions development, depth, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 22 countries was 0.374 index points. The highest value was in Canada: 0.974 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
Canada 0.974 1 1980 - 2021
USA 0.804 2 1980 - 2021
Tr.&Tobago 0.73 3 1980 - 2021
Jamaica 0.701 4 1980 - 2021
Barbados 0.669 5 1980 - 2021
Saint Lucia 0.388 6 1980 - 2021
Costa Rica 0.379 7 1980 - 2021
El Salvador 0.371 8 1980 - 2021
Grenada 0.37 9 1980 - 2021
Ant.& Barb. 0.356 10 1980 - 2021
Bahamas 0.314 11 1980 - 2021
Aruba 0.305 12 1986 - 2021
Mexico 0.277 13 1980 - 2021
St. Vincent & ... 0.258 14 1980 - 2021
Dominica 0.256 15 1980 - 2021
Panama 0.243 16 1980 - 2021
Belize 0.234 17 1980 - 2021
Honduras 0.184 18 1980 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 0.161 19 1980 - 2021
Guatemala 0.116 20 1980 - 2021
Nicaragua 0.102 21 1980 - 2021
Haiti 0.038 22 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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