Financial institutions development, efficiency - Country rankings

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Financial institutions development, efficiency, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 12 countries was 0.548 index points. The highest value was in Chile: 0.657 index points and the lowest value was in Venezuela: 0.246 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
Chile 0.657 1 -
Uruguay 0.656 2 -
Guyana 0.617 3 -
Peru 0.606 4 -
Paraguay 0.601 5 -
Bolivia 0.597 6 -
Colombia 0.595 7 -
Brazil 0.579 8 -
Suriname 0.56 9 -
Ecuador 0.444 10 -
Argentina 0.415 11 -
Venezuela 0.246 12 -



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. Chile
2. Uruguay
3. Guyana
4. Peru
5. Paraguay
6. Bolivia
7. Colombia
8. Brazil
9. Suriname
10. Ecuador
11. Argentina
12. Venezuela
0.657
0.656
0.617
0.606
0.601
0.597
0.595
0.579
0.560
0.444
0.415
0.246
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0.3
0.5
0.66


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