Fully credit-constrained firms
Compare fully credit-constrained firms across 61 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2025 official-source slice.
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Key Insights
- •61 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2025 observation.
- •Qatar has the highest published value (56.75724792 % of firms).
- •Kuwait has the lowest published value (0 % of firms).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 12.9% of firms)
About This Statistic
Firms are categorized as fully credit constrained if they do not have access to external finance, and any of the following two conditions are met: (1) the firm did not apply for a loan for any reason other than the lack of need for it; or (2) the firm applied for a loan but the application was rejected, even when it has access to equity financing.
This indicator is based on Islam and Rodriguez Meza (2023, Islam, Asif Mohammed and Jorge Luis Rodriguez Meza. “How Prevalent Are Credit-Constrained Firms in the Formal Private Sector? Evidence Using Global Surveys”. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper; no. WPS 10502).
MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and explicit source slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies and conflicting duplicates are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.
Methodology
Firms are categorized as fully credit constrained if they do not have access to external finance, and any of the following two conditions are met: (1) the firm did not apply for a loan for any reason other than the lack of need for it; or (2) the firm applied for a loan but the application was rejected, even when it has access to equity financing. This indicator is based on Islam and Rodriguez Meza (2023, Islam, Asif Mohammed and Jorge Luis Rodriguez Meza. “How Prevalent Are Credit-Constrained Firms in the Formal Private Sector? Evidence Using Global Surveys”. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper; no. WPS 10502).
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 56.8% of firms |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 48.1% of firms |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 39.6% of firms |
| 4 | Zambia | 38.1% of firms |
| 5 | Guinea-Bissau | 33.0% of firms |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 29.2% of firms |
| 7 | Somalia | 28.2% of firms |
| 8 | Comoros | 23.4% of firms |
| 9 | Maldives | 23.1% of firms |
| 10 | Liberia | 22.8% of firms |
| 11 | Mozambique | 22.2% of firms |
| 12 | Afghanistan | 19.5% of firms |
| 13 | Sao Tome and Principe | 19.2% of firms |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 19.1% of firms |
| 15 | Niger | 17.9% of firms |
| 16 | Bolivia | 17.6% of firms |
| 17 | Mongolia | 17.1% of firms |
| 18 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16.7% of firms |
| 19 | Suriname | 16.7% of firms |
| 20 | Guinea | 15.1% of firms |
| 21 | Solomon Islands | 14.3% of firms |
| 22 | Malawi | 13.9% of firms |
| 23 | Nigeria | 13.3% of firms |
| 24 | Thailand | 13.1% of firms |
| 25 | Panama | 12.2% of firms |
| 26 | Grenada | 12.1% of firms |
| 27 | Brunei Darussalam | 11.6% of firms |
| 28 | Mauritania | 11.1% of firms |
| 29 | Kiribati | 10.5% of firms |
| 30 | Kenya | 9.9% of firms |
| 31 | Egypt | 9.8% of firms |
| 32 | Gabon | 9.3% of firms |
| 33 | Lithuania | 8.5% of firms |
| 34 | Poland | 8.2% of firms |
| 35 | Austria | 8.1% of firms |
| 36 | Germany | 8.0% of firms |
| 37 | Belize | 7.8% of firms |
| 38 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.6% of firms |
| 39 | Brazil | 7.6% of firms |
| 40 | India | 6.6% of firms |
| 41 | Burundi | 6.3% of firms |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 6.1% of firms |
| 43 | Uganda | 6.0% of firms |
| 44 | Albania | 5.5% of firms |
| 45 | Chile | 4.6% of firms |
| 46 | France | 4.1% of firms |
| 47 | Fiji | 3.7% of firms |
| 48 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.0% of firms |
| 49 | Djibouti | 2.8% of firms |
| 50 | Guatemala | 2.7% of firms |
| 51 | Finland | 2.2% of firms |
| 52 | Czech Republic | 2.0% of firms |
| 53 | Switzerland | 1.6% of firms |
| 54 | Japan | 1.6% of firms |
| 55 | Netherlands | 1.5% of firms |
| 56 | Australia | 1.4% of firms |
| 57 | Saint Lucia | 1.0% of firms |
| 58 | Belgium | 1.0% of firms |
| 59 | Norway | 0.9% of firms |
| 60 | Denmark | 0.8% of firms |
| 61 | Kuwait | 0.0% of firms |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).
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