Belgium High income Gross domestic product ($ billions)
513.9
Population (millions)
11.0
2001 2006 2011
Depth—Financial Institutions Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP (%) Deposit money banks’ assets to GDP (%) Nonbank financial institutions’ assets to GDP (%) Depth—Financial Markets Stock market capitalization to GDP (%) Stock market total value traded to GDP (%) Outstanding domestic private debt securities to GDP (%) Outstanding domestic public debt securities to GDP (%) Outstanding international debt securities to GDP (%)
76.2 120.9 ..
76.3 92.3 103.8 114.6 .. ..
74.3 16.9 38.7 87.9 49.9
86.0 50.5 36.6 22.1 23.5 54.2 60.9 59.1 71.2 115.9
Access—Financial Institutions Bank accounts per 1,000 adults (age 15+) Bank branches per 100,000 adults (age 15+) Account at a formal financial institution (%, age 15+) Saved at a financial institution in the past year (%, age 15+) Loan from a financial institution in the past year (%, age 15+) Electronic payments used to make payments (%, age 15+) Debit card (%, age 15+) Depositing/withdrawing at least once in a typical month (%, age 15+) Firms with a checking or savings account (%) Firms with bank loan/line of credit (%) Firms using banks to finance investments (%) Firms using banks to finance working capital (%) Small firms with bank loan/line of credit (%)
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.. 44.0 96.3 42.6 10.5 71.1 85.8 95.0 .. .. .. .. ..
Access—Financial Markets Value traded excluding top 10 traded companies to tot. val. traded (%) Mkt. cap. excluding top 10 companies to tot. mkt. cap. (%) Nonfin. corporate bonds to total bonds and notes outstanding (%)
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Efficiency—Financial Institutions Bank net interest margin (%) Bank lending-deposit spread Bank overhead costs to total assets (%) Bank return on assets (%, after tax) Bank return on equity (%, after tax)
1.3 5.1 1.1 1.1 29.4
1.1 .. 0.8 0.8 25.6
1.4 .. 0.9 0.1 2.7
Efficiency—Financial Markets Stock market turnover ratio (%)
23.8
48.2
41.3
Stability—Financial Institutions Bank Z-score Bank nonperforming loans to gross loans (%) Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets (%)
5.9 2.9 12.9
5.4 1.7 11.9
6.4 2.8 19.1
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Stability—Financial Markets Stock price volatility Other Indicators—Financial Institutions Bank concentration (%) Boone indicator Banking crisis dummy Other Indicators—Financial Markets Number of listed firms per 1,000,000 people Stock market return (%, year-on-year)
The Little Data Book on Financial Development
80.0 –0.10 0
15.2 ..
2014
80.9 85.5 –0.10 –0.05 0 1
14.5 ..
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