Domestic finance, S1 - Privatization by country

The SRD contains data on a wide range of structural policies across different countries. These policies are things that affect how markets function, like labor laws, regulations on businesses, and trade policies.

Countries reporting
90
Highest
3
Netherlands
Lowest
0
Ethiopia
Median
2
Years covered
42
1973–2014
Data points
3,443

What the numbers show

Domestic finance, S1 - Privatization is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 3 in Netherlands; the lowest is 0 in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 2, and the mean is 2.1.

Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Russian Federation (down 100.0%).

Domestic finance, S1 - Privatization: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Netherlands 3 2014 unchanged flat
1 United Kingdom 3 2014 unchanged rising
1 Georgia 3 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Hong Kong (China) 3 2014 unchanged flat
1 Hungary 3 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Ireland 3 2014 unchanged flat
1 Italy 3 2014 up 50.0% volatile
1 Albania 3 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Lithuania 3 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Latvia 3 2014 unchanged rising
1 Madagascar 3 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Mexico 3 2014 unchanged rising
1 Mozambique 3 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Malaysia 3 2014 unchanged rising
1 Nigeria 3 2014 unchanged rising
1 Nicaragua 3 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Jordan 3 2014 unchanged flat
1 New Zealand 3 2014 unchanged rising
1 Pakistan 3 2014 up 50.0% volatile
1 Peru 3 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Paraguay 3 2014 unchanged rising
1 Romania 3 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Senegal 3 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Singapore 3 2014 unchanged flat
1 El Salvador 3 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Sweden 3 2014 unchanged flat
1 Uganda 3 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Ukraine 3 2014 up 50.0% volatile
1 United States 3 2014 unchanged flat
1 Venezuela 3 2014 unchanged rising
1 South Africa 3 2014 unchanged flat
1 Zimbabwe 3 2014 unchanged rising
1 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Bulgaria 3 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Australia 3 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Canada 3 2014 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 3 2014 unchanged rising
1 Austria 3 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Denmark 3 2014 unchanged rising
1 Czechia 3 2014 unchanged rising
1 Cameroon 3 2014 unchanged volatile
1 France 3 2014 unchanged volatile
43 Morocco 2 2014 up 100.0% volatile
43 Dominican Republic 2 2014 unchanged rising
43 Germany 2 2014 up 100.0% rising
43 Colombia 2 2014 unchanged volatile
43 Nepal 2 2014 β€” volatile
43 Chile 2 2014 unchanged rising
43 Switzerland 2 2014 unchanged flat
43 Philippines 2 2014 unchanged rising
43 Poland 2 2014 unchanged volatile
43 Portugal 2 2014 up 100.0% volatile
43 Bangladesh 2 2014 β€” volatile
43 Tanzania, United Republic of 2 2014 unchanged volatile
43 Ghana 2 2014 up 100.0% volatile
43 Guatemala 2 2014 down 33.3% rising
43 Spain 2 2014 down 33.3% rising
43 Israel 2 2014 unchanged volatile
43 Jamaica 2 2014 unchanged volatile
43 Ecuador 2 2014 unchanged volatile
43 Japan 2 2014 unchanged flat
43 Kazakhstan 2 2014 down 33.3% rising
43 Kenya 2 2014 unchanged volatile
43 Belgium 2 2014 down 33.3% rising
43 Korea 2 2014 β€” volatile
66 Tunisia 1 2014 unchanged volatile
66 Thailand 1 2014 unchanged rising
66 TΓΌrkiye 1 2014 unchanged volatile
66 Uruguay 1 2014 β€” volatile
66 Azerbaijan 1 2014 β€” volatile
66 Viet Nam 1 2014 β€” volatile
66 Burkina Faso 1 2014 down 50.0% volatile
66 CΓ΄te d'Ivoire 1 2014 down 50.0% falling
66 Argentina 1 2014 unchanged volatile
66 Brazil 1 2014 unchanged flat
66 Norway 1 2014 unchanged flat
66 Sri Lanka 1 2014 unchanged volatile
66 Kyrgyzstan 1 2014 down 50.0% volatile
66 Egypt 1 2014 β€” volatile
66 Indonesia 1 2014 unchanged volatile
66 Greece 1 2014 unchanged volatile
66 Finland 1 2014 unchanged flat
83 Belarus 0 2014 β€” flat
83 Russian Federation 0 2014 down 100.0% falling
83 China 0 2014 β€” flat
83 Costa Rica 0 2014 β€” flat
83 Algeria 0 2014 β€” flat
83 India 0 2014 β€” flat
83 Uzbekistan 0 2014 β€” flat
83 Ethiopia 0 2014 β€” volatile

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Indicator
Domestic finance, S1 - Privatization
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
90 places, 3,443 data points, 1973–2014
Last refreshed

The SRD contains data on a wide range of structural policies across different countries. These policies are things that affect how markets function, like labor laws, regulations on businesses, and trade policies.