Financial markets development, access - Country rankings
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Financial markets development, access, 2021:
The average for 2021 based on 27 countries was 0.457 index points. The highest value was in Ireland: 1 index points and the lowest value was in Romania: 0.011 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 markets development, access, 2021 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | 1980 - 2021 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 2 | 1980 - 2021 |
| Malta | 0.896 | 3 | 1980 - 2021 |
| Cyprus | 0.85 | 4 | 1980 - 2021 |
| Spain | 0.849 | 5 | 1980 - 2021 |
| Austria | 0.825 | 6 | 1980 - 2021 |
| Italy | 0.717 | 7 | 1980 - 2021 |
| Greece | 0.688 | 8 | 1982 - 2021 |
| Hungary | 0.555 | 9 | 1982 - 2021 |
| Croatia | 0.537 | 10 | 1992 - 2021 |
| Germany | 0.537 | 11 | 1980 - 2021 |
| Denmark | 0.5 | 12 | 1980 - 2021 |
| Finland | 0.5 | 13 | 1980 - 2021 |
| France | 0.5 | 14 | 1980 - 2021 |
| Netherlands | 0.5 | 15 | 1980 - 2021 |
| Sweden | 0.5 | 16 | 1980 - 2021 |
| Belgium | 0.424 | 17 | 1980 - 2021 |
| Poland | 0.363 | 18 | 1980 - 2021 |
| Portugal | 0.137 | 19 | 1980 - 2021 |
| Slovenia | 0.122 | 20 | 1980 - 2021 |
| Estonia | 0.083 | 21 | 1992 - 2021 |
| Bulgaria | 0.08 | 22 | 1988 - 2021 |
| Latvia | 0.059 | 23 | 1993 - 2021 |
| Czechia | 0.04 | 24 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Lithuania | 0.039 | 25 | 1993 - 2021 |
| Slovakia | 0.018 | 26 | 1991 - 2021 |
| Romania | 0.011 | 27 | 1980 - 2021 |
Definition: Measures access to the financial markets using principal components methodology with these variables: Percent of market capitalization outside of top 10 largest companies and Total number of issuers of debt (domestic and external, nonfinancial and financial corporations). See Svirydzenka, Katsiaryna (IMF, 2016) for more detail.
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