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Financial institutions development, efficiency, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 22 countries was 0.594 index points. The highest value was in Canada: 0.799 index points and the lowest value was in El Salvador: 0.424 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
Canada 0.799 1 1980 - 2021
Ant.& Barb. 0.715 2 1980 - 2021
USA 0.705 3 1980 - 2021
Tr.&Tobago 0.659 4 1980 - 2021
Panama 0.641 5 1980 - 2021
Bahamas 0.635 6 1980 - 2021
Dominica 0.623 7 1980 - 2021
Guatemala 0.621 8 1980 - 2021
Mexico 0.617 9 1980 - 2021
Costa Rica 0.613 10 1980 - 2021
Grenada 0.593 11 1980 - 2021
Saint Lucia 0.59 12 1980 - 2021
Barbados 0.575 13 1980 - 2021
Haiti 0.574 14 1980 - 2021
Aruba 0.563 15 1986 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 0.54 16 1980 - 2021
Jamaica 0.528 17 1980 - 2021
Nicaragua 0.526 18 1980 - 2021
St. Vincent & ... 0.512 19 1980 - 2021
Honduras 0.505 20 1980 - 2021
Belize 0.503 21 1980 - 2021
El Salvador 0.424 22 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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