Financial institutions development, efficiency - Country rankings

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Financial institutions development, efficiency, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 17 countries was 0.637 index points. The highest value was in Qatar: 0.737 index points and the lowest value was in Saudi Arabia: 0.446 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
Qatar 0.737 1 1980 - 2021
Algeria 0.732 2 1980 - 2021
Egypt 0.726 3 1980 - 2021
Bahrain 0.711 4 1980 - 2021
Kuwait 0.707 5 1980 - 2021
Iran 0.697 6 1980 - 2021
Lebanon 0.691 7 1980 - 2021
Oman 0.687 8 1980 - 2021
Syria 0.675 9 1980 - 2021
Jordan 0.658 10 1980 - 2021
Libya 0.604 11 1980 - 2021
Djibouti 0.6 12 1987 - 2021
Morocco 0.563 13 1980 - 2021
Yemen 0.559 14 1988 - 2021
Tunisia 0.538 15 1980 - 2021
UA Emirates 0.495 16 1980 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 0.446 17 1980 - 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. Qatar
2. Algeria
3. Egypt
4. Bahrain
5. Kuwait
6. Iran
7. Lebanon
8. Oman
9. Syria
10. Jordan
11. Libya
12. Djibouti
13. Morocco
14. Yemen
15. Tunisia
16. UA Emirates
17. Saudi Arabia
0.737
0.732
0.726
0.711
0.707
0.697
0.691
0.687
0.675
0.658
0.604
0.600
0.563
0.559
0.538
0.495
0.446
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0.4
0.6
0.74


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