Infrastructure Financing through Islamic
Finance in the Islamic Countries
70
0.9 billion respectively. Given the size of the Islamic financial industry of USD 2.2 trillion (see
Chart 3.9), infrastructure investments account for around 5.4% of the overall assets of the
industry.
Table 3.4: Total Islamic Finance Investments in Infrastructure Sector (2017-2018, USD
Billion)
Total assets
(USD billions)
Percentage going to
Infrastructure
Infrastructure Investments by
Islamic Finance (USD Billion)
Islamic
Banking
1,598.9 4.74% 75.8
Takaful 42.5 2.0% 0.9
Sukuk 344.8 11.57% 39.9
IDB
Project
Financing
3.12
Total 119.7
Source: Author’s estimates