Financial institutions development, efficiency - Country rankings

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Financial institutions development, efficiency, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 10 countries was 0.547 index points. The highest value was in New Zealand: 0.78 index points and the lowest value was in Micronesia: 0.031 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, efficiency, 2021 Global rank Available data
New Zealand 0.78 1 1980 - 2021
Australia 0.747 2 1980 - 2021
Tonga 0.677 3 1980 - 2021
Papua N.G. 0.67 4 1980 - 2021
Samoa 0.576 5 1980 - 2021
Fiji 0.542 6 1980 - 2021
Kiribati 0.514 7 1997 - 2021
Solomon Isl. 0.489 8 1980 - 2021
Vanuatu 0.446 9 1980 - 2021
Micronesia 0.031 10 1995 - 2021



Definition: Measures the efficiency of financial institutions. Constructed using the Principal Component methodology using the following variables: Net interest margin, Lending-deposits spread, Non-interest income to total income, Overhead costs to total assets, Return on assets, and Return on equity. See Svirydzenka, Katsiaryna (IMF, 2016) for more detail.

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1. New Zealand
2. Australia
3. Tonga
4. Papua N.G.
5. Samoa
6. Fiji
7. Kiribati
8. Solomon Isl.
9. Vanuatu
10. Micronesia
0.780
0.747
0.677
0.670
0.576
0.542
0.514
0.489
0.446
0.031
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.78


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