Bank Concentration

South America Ranking

percent of nationwide bank assetsSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Suriname	94.93	2018	1	94.51
2	Uruguay	90.8	2020	2	90.52
3 ↑	Guyana	84.31	2020	4	72.64
4 ↑	Venezuela	80.17	2020	5	68.82
5 ↓	Brazil	78.24	2020	3	79.62
6 ↑	Argentina	73.59	2020	7	65.93
7 ↓	Peru	71.25	2020	6	68.46
8 ↑	Chile	59.35	2020	9	50.3
9 ↓	Colombia	56.06	2020	8	58.24
10	Bolivia	46.72	2020	10	47.49
11	Paraguay	42.25	2020	11	43.3

Definition of Bank Concentration

Raw data are from Bankscope. (Sum(data2025) for three largest banks in Bankscope) / (Sum(data2025) for all banks in Bankscope). Only reported if number of banks in Bankscope is 3 or more. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope.