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Partially credit-constrained firms

Compare partially credit-constrained firms across 61 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2025 official-source dataset.

Source: World Development Indicators61 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
17.7% of firms
Median: 13.7% of firms
Countries Covered
61
with available data
Highest
Burundi
45.4% of firms
Lowest
Qatar
0.9% of firms
Top 5 Countries
1Burundi45.4% of firms
2Somalia42.1% of firms
3Nigeria41.8% of firms
4Sri Lanka37.7% of firms
5Sao Tome and Principe36.6% of firms
By Region
Key Findings
  • Coverage: 61 ISO-mapped countries or territories in 2025.
  • Published range: 0.9126244187 to 45.43107986 % of firms.
  • Discovery motivation: The worldwide X mirror surfaced Dividend, Treasury and large-dollar fiscal topics, motivating comparison of firms facing partial financing constraints.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.9% of firms)High (45.4% of firms)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 17.7% of firms)

About This Statistic

Firms are categorized as partially credit constrained if any of the following conditions are met: (1) the firm applied for a loan and the application was partially approved; (2) the firm applied for a loan and the application was rejected, but the firm has access to external sources of finance excluding any equity finance; or (3) the firm has external finance but did not apply for a loan due to any reason other than no need for it.

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 reference year and unit. Only finite values mapped to ISO 3166-1 numeric codes are included; aggregates, missing values and non-ISO geographies are excluded. No value is estimated, imputed or carried across years.

Methodology

Firms are categorized as partially credit constrained if any of the following conditions are met: (1) the firm applied for a loan and the application was partially approved; (2) the firm applied for a loan and the application was rejected, but the firm has access to external sources of finance excluding any equity finance; or (3) the firm has external finance but did not apply for a loan due to any reason other than no need for it. 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
1Burundi45.4% of firms
2Somalia42.1% of firms
3Nigeria41.8% of firms
4Sri Lanka37.7% of firms
5Sao Tome and Principe36.6% of firms
6Malawi34.8% of firms
7Uganda34.0% of firms
8Lithuania33.7% of firms
9Djibouti32.3% of firms
10Guinea-Bissau30.8% of firms
11Kenya30.7% of firms
12Comoros30.7% of firms
13Niger30.6% of firms
14Mozambique29.2% of firms
15Gabon29.0% of firms
16Guinea28.6% of firms
17Ethiopia26.2% of firms
18Dominican Republic25.6% of firms
19Mongolia25.0% of firms
20Bolivia22.1% of firms
21Suriname20.3% of firms
22Mauritania20.0% of firms
23Solomon Islands19.9% of firms
24Saint Lucia18.9% of firms
25Afghanistan18.0% of firms
26Maldives17.4% of firms
27Zambia16.4% of firms
28Zimbabwe15.8% of firms
29Egypt15.5% of firms
30Panama14.1% of firms
31Brazil13.7% of firms
32Belize12.4% of firms
33Poland12.3% of firms
34Kiribati12.1% of firms
35India11.7% of firms
36Brunei Darussalam11.7% of firms
37Chile11.5% of firms
38Liberia10.5% of firms
39Saint Vincent and the Grenadines10.4% of firms
40Trinidad and Tobago10.1% of firms
41Thailand10.0% of firms
42Netherlands10.0% of firms
43Austria9.4% of firms
44Belgium9.4% of firms
45Guatemala8.4% of firms
46Grenada8.2% of firms
47Germany7.8% of firms
48Finland7.5% of firms
49Kuwait7.3% of firms
50Fiji7.1% of firms
51Albania7.1% of firms
52Norway6.7% of firms
53Antigua and Barbuda6.2% of firms
54Japan6.1% of firms
55Czech Republic5.6% of firms
56Denmark5.3% of firms
57France5.1% of firms
58Switzerland4.9% of firms
59Australia4.6% of firms
60Saudi Arabia2.9% of firms
61Qatar0.9% of firms
Showing 61 of 61 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Development Indicators (2025).

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