Financial institutions development, efficiency - Country rankings

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Financial institutions development, efficiency, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 27 countries was 0.588 index points. The highest value was in the Netherlands: 0.739 index points and the lowest value was in Greece: 0.486 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
Netherlands 0.739 1 1980 - 2021
Czechia 0.724 2 1990 - 2021
Sweden 0.714 3 1980 - 2021
Bulgaria 0.67 4 1988 - 2021
Romania 0.669 5 1980 - 2021
Hungary 0.654 6 1982 - 2021
Croatia 0.633 7 1992 - 2021
Estonia 0.625 8 1992 - 2021
Belgium 0.602 9 1980 - 2021
Spain 0.589 10 1980 - 2021
Slovakia 0.586 11 1991 - 2021
Finland 0.583 12 1980 - 2021
Lithuania 0.58 13 1993 - 2021
Slovenia 0.577 14 1992 - 2021
France 0.563 15 1980 - 2021
Malta 0.557 16 1980 - 2021
Latvia 0.556 17 1993 - 2021
Luxembourg 0.551 18 1980 - 2021
Portugal 0.54 19 1980 - 2021
Italy 0.539 20 1980 - 2021
Cyprus 0.535 21 1980 - 2021
Austria 0.533 22 1980 - 2021
Germany 0.532 23 1980 - 2021
Ireland 0.529 24 1980 - 2021
Poland 0.516 25 1980 - 2021
Denmark 0.501 26 1980 - 2021
Greece 0.486 27 1982 - 2021


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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. Netherlands
2. Czechia
3. Sweden
4. Bulgaria
5. Romania
6. Hungary
7. Croatia
8. Estonia
9. Belgium
10. Spain
11. Slovakia
12. Finland
13. Lithuania
14. Slovenia
15. France
16. Malta
17. Latvia
18. Luxembourg
19. Portugal
20. Italy
21. Cyprus
22. Austria
23. Germany
24. Ireland
25. Poland
26. Denmark
27. Greece
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