COMCEC Financial Outlook 2018
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ANNEX
DEFINITIONS OF SELECTED FINANCIAL BENCHMARKING DATA21
Financial Access
Bank Accounts per 1,000
Adults
Depositors with commercial banks are the reported number of
deposit account holders at commercial banks and other resident
banks functioning as commercial banks that are resident
nonfinancial corporations (public and private) and households.
For many countries data cover the total number of deposit
accounts due to lack of information on account holders. The major
types of deposits are checking accounts, savings accounts, and
time deposits. For each country calculated as: 1,000* reported
number of depositors/adult population in the reporting country.
Bank Branches per 100,000
Adults
Commercial bank branches are retail locations of resident
commercial banks and other resident banks that function as
commercial banks that provide financial services to customers
and are physically separated from the main office but not
organized as legally separated subsidiaries. For each country
calculated as: 100,000* reported number of commercial bank
branches/adult population in the reporting country.
Market capitalization
excluding top 10 companies
to total market capitalization
(%)
Value of listed shares outside of the largest ten largest companies
to total value of all listed shares.
Financial Depth
Private credit by deposit
money banks to GDP (%)
The financial resources provided to the private sector by domestic
money banks as a share of GDP. Domestic money banks comprise
commercial banks and other financial institutions that accept
transferable deposits, such as demand deposits.
Deposit money banks' assets
to GDP (%)
Total assets held by deposit money banks as a share of GDP. Assets
include claims on domestic real nonfinancial sector which
includes central, state and local governments, nonfinancial public
enterprises and private sector. Deposit money banks comprise
commercial banks and other financial institutions that accept
transferable deposits, such as demand deposits.
Stock market capitalization to
GDP (%)
Market capitalization (also known as market value) is the share
price times the number of shares outstanding (including their
several classes) for listed domestic companies. Total value of all
listed shares in a stock market as a percentage of GDP.
21 World Bank Global Financial Development Database