COMCEC Financial Outlook 2018
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ANNEX
DEFINITIONS OF SELECTED FINANCIAL BENCHMARKING DATA26
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 non-financial 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 non-financial sector
which includes central, state and local governments, non-
financial 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.
26 World Bank Global Financial Development Database