Economic/Financial Strength/Financial System Depth & Access

Long-Term & Institutional Capital

The capacity to pool and allocate patient capital: pension systems, insurance and the institutional asset base that funds long horizons and deepens every other market.
pending/cap/long-term-institutional-capital
World mean
7.4
of 20 · median 6.0
Range
0–19
middle half 4.0–10.0
Panel SD
±0.33
round 1 ±1.09 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
Netherlands, Switzerland, United States

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 12
Advanced 9
Established 18
Transitional 28
Foundational 40
Nascent 67
Inception 23

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 19 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 19 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇺🇸United States Americas 19 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.50
5 🇨🇦Canada Americas 18 Frontier ±0.43
6 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
7 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.00
8 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 18 Frontier ±0.00
9 🇳🇴Norway Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
10 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.71
11 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 18 Frontier ±0.00
12 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
13 🇫🇮Finland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
16 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.50
17 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
18 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
19 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.50
20 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
21 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
22 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 14 Established ±0.00
23 🇨🇱Chile Americas 14 Established ±0.83
24 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.50
25 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 14 Established ±0.71
26 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
27 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 14 Established ±0.00
28 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 14 Established ±0.00
29 🇦🇹Austria Europe 13 Established ±0.43
30 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 13 Established ±0.50
31 🇮🇹Italy Europe 13 Established ±0.00
32 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
33 🇪🇸Spain Europe 13 Established ±0.00
34 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 12 Established ±0.00
35 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 12 Established ±0.87
36 🇵🇱Poland Europe 12 Established ±0.00
37 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 12 Established ±0.00
38 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 12 Established ±0.00
39 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
40 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
41 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
42 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
43 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
44 🇲🇹Malta Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
45 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
46 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 11 Transitional ±0.83
47 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
48 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
49 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 11 Transitional ±0.50
50 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
51 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
52 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.50
53 🇬🇷Greece Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
54 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 10 Transitional ±1.09
55 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
56 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
57 🇵🇦Panama Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
58 🇵🇪Peru Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
59 🇷🇴Romania Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
60 🇷🇺Russia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
61 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
62 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
63 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
64 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
65 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
66 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
67 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
68 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
69 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
70 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
71 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
72 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
73 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.00
74 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 8 Foundational ±0.87
75 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
76 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
77 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
78 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
79 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 7 Foundational ±0.83
80 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
81 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
82 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 7 Foundational ±0.71
83 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
84 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
85 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 7 Foundational ±1.30
86 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.83
87 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
88 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
89 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.00
90 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
91 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
92 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
93 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.50
94 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.83
95 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
96 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
97 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
98 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.71
99 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
100 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
101 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
102 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
103 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
104 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
105 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
106 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
107 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
108 🇦🇱Albania Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
109 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
110 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
111 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
112 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 5 Nascent ±0.00
113 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
114 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
115 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
116 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
117 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
118 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
119 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
120 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
121 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 5 Nascent ±0.87
122 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
123 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
124 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
125 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
126 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.71
127 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±1.12
128 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
129 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
130 🇦🇴Angola Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
131 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 4 Nascent ±0.00
132 🇧🇿Belize Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
133 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
134 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
135 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 4 Nascent ±0.50
136 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
137 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.50
138 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
139 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 4 Nascent ±1.12
140 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
141 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.50
143 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
144 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
145 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
146 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
148 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
149 🇹🇬Togo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
150 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
151 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
152 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
153 🇧🇯Benin Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
155 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
156 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
157 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
158 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
159 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
160 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
161 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
162 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
163 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
164 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
165 🇲🇱Mali Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
166 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
167 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
168 🇳🇪Niger Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
169 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
170 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
171 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
172 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
173 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
174 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
175 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
176 🇹🇩Chad Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
177 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
178 🇨🇬Congo Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
179 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
180 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
181 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
182 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
183 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
184 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 2 Inception ±0.50
185 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
186 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
187 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
188 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
189 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
190 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
191 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
192 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
193 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
194 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
195 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
197 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 0 Inception ±0.43

Others in Financial System Depth & Access

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Banking System Capacity9.01–19Singapore, United States
Capital Markets Depth & Development6.70–20United States
Financial Inclusion & Household Access10.11–18Denmark, Sweden
Development & Policy Finance7.21–19China, Germany