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Financial institutions development, efficiency, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 11 countries was 0.665 index points. The highest value was in Vietnam: 0.732 index points and the lowest value was in Laos: 0.555 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
Vietnam 0.732 1 1992 - 2021
Malaysia 0.73 2 1980 - 2021
Singapore 0.694 3 1980 - 2021
Brunei 0.689 4 1994 - 2021
Philippines 0.687 5 1980 - 2021
Thailand 0.687 6 1980 - 2021
India 0.667 7 1980 - 2021
Burma 0.633 8 1980 - 2021
Indonesia 0.627 9 1980 - 2021
Cambodia 0.61 10 1993 - 2021
Laos 0.555 11 1989 - 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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