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Data is from BIS Statistical Appendix Table 7A: External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors; bank deposits from IFS (IFS lines 24 and 25). End of year data (i.e. December data) are used.
As of 2021, Samoa ranks first with 4,774.44%, followed by Seychelles (1,027.58%) and Belize (564.36%).
Samoa is 4.6 times higher than Seychelles, the runner-up.
Across 134 countries and territories, values run from 4,774.44% (Samoa) to 3.88% (South Korea), with a median of 19.68%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 3 from the Americas, 2 from Africa, 2 from Asia, 2 from Europe and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors (% of domestic bank deposits), 2021. Unit: %.
Source: World Bank Open Data — External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors (% of domestic bank deposits) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026