About BIS statistics
The statistics published by the BIS are a unique source of information about the structure of and activity in the global financial system. They are compiled in cooperation with central banks and other national authorities and are designed to inform analysis of financial stability, international monetary spillovers and global liquidity.
Some BIS statistics, in particular those on international banking, securities markets and derivatives activity, are part of special collections under the auspices of BIS-hosted committees of central banks. Other BIS statistics draw on national data but incorporate assumptions and estimations by BIS statisticians to construct specific measures, such as global liquidity indicators, aggregate credit figures, debt service ratios and effective exchange rates.
BIS Data Portal
The BIS Data Portal is your entry point to global statistics. You can access a variety of tools and curated, statistical content for guided data and metadata exploration, quick data insights and efficient data export into multiple formats.
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International banking statistics
The locational banking statistics (LBS) provide information about the geographical and currency composition of banks' assets and liabilities, including intragroup business. The consolidated banking statistics (CBS) measure banks' country risk exposures on a worldwide consolidated basis.
Related documentation
- IBS: latest revisions and breaks
- IBS: reporting countries
- IBS: reporting practices
- CBS: data structure definition
- CBS: reporting template
- CBS: IBFS consistency checks
- LBS: data structure definition
- LBS: global coverage
- LBS: list of consistency checks
- LBS: number of institutions in the reporting population
- LBSN: reporting template
- LBSR: reporting template
Debt securities
The BIS debt securities data sets cover borrowing activity in debt capital markets. They capture debt instruments designed to be traded in financial markets and distinguish between those issued in domestic and international markets. The debt securities statistics are collected by the BIS from national authorities. The international debt securities are compiled by the BIS using security-level data from commercial vendors.
Credit statistics
The credit statistics capture the borrowing activity by the government sector and the private non-financial sector. They serve also as input to derive two indicators: credit-to-GDP gaps and debt service ratios.
June 2026
- Revised data: data for Russia on total credit to the government sector have been revised downwards, as taken from the publication of IMF, World Economic Outlook.
December 2024
- New starting date: total credit to the government sector at market value has a new starting date of 1995 for Portugal instead of 1998.
- Revised data: total credit to non-financial corporations for Germany revised due to 2024 benchmark revisions.
September 2024
- Revised data: total credit to non-financial corporations for Netherlands revised due to 2021 benchmark revisions.
June 2024
- New starting date: total credit to the government sector at market value has a new starting date of 1995 for Belgium, Denmark instead of 1998, 1995 for Italy instead of 1999, 1998 for Poland instead of 1999 and 1996 for Poland instead of 1999.
- Revised data: total credit to non-financial corporations for China has been re-estimated to remove LGFVs included under government sector.
March 2024
- Revised data: domestic exclusion of financial corporation loans to financial corporations and all loans to households from 2021 onwards for Saudi Arabia.
Global liquidity
The BIS uses the term "global liquidity" to refer to the ease of financing in global financial markets. The BIS global liquidity indicators (GLIs) track credit to non-bank borrowers, covering both loans extended by banks and funding from global bond markets through the issuance of international debt securities (IDS). The main focus is on foreign currency credit denominated in three major reserve currencies (US dollars, euros and Japanese yen) to non-residents, ie borrowers outside the respective currency areas.
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Derivatives statistics
The BIS derivatives statistics cover derivatives traded on organised exchanges, outstanding positions in over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets, and turnover in foreign exchange and OTC interest rate derivatives markets. Together, they provide comprehensive measures for the size and structure of global derivatives markets.
Property price statistics
The property price statistics track price development of the residential and the commercial market segments. In disseminating property price data, the BIS and its member central banks follow the recommendations of the G20 Data Gaps Initiative.
Consumer prices
The consumer price index statistics track the average change in the price of goods and services purchased by households. This data set covers several decades.
Related documentation
Exchange rates statistics
The exchange rate statistics track the value of a currency against one or more other currencies. The bilateral exchange rates data set contains exchange rates against the US dollar. They are the main input to calculate the effective exchange rates, which track the value of a currency against a basket of other currencies.
Central bank statistics
The central bank statistics contain long series on the key indicators related to central bank activities, including the size of their balance sheet and the policy rates.
Payments and financial market infrastructures statistics
The BIS publishes statistics on payments and financial market infrastructures (FMIs) in member jurisdictions of the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI). These statistics are also known as the Red Book statistics.
May 2024
- Revision of the POS and EFTPOS terminals in Australia for 2021 and 2022
Other data sets
The International Data Hub (IDH) was established at the BIS in 2013 to compile, store and analyse confidential credit, funding and balance sheet data of a set of large global financial institutions. Confidential reports based on these data are provided to designated staff members at supervisory authorities in the home jurisdictions of these firms. In addition, upon the approval of all of these authorities, designated staff at selected international financial institutions from time to time receive special reports that draw on these data as an input to their policy work, at an aggregate level to protect the confidentiality of the data. The data cannot be made available to persons outside these agencies and institutions.
The IDH data capture a variety of indicators to monitor banks' assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet positions. The IDH reports assess interlinkages among the IDH-reporting institutions as well as their exposures to key counterparties across national financial systems, sectors and markets. The data collection and sharing arrangements are overseen by the Hub Governance Group (HGG), comprised of senior supervisory officials from member supervisory authorities.
The IDH was established pursuant to recommendations of the first and second phases of the Data Gaps Initiative endorsed by the G20 after the Great Financial Crisis of 2007-09. The following documents provide further information on these initiatives:
- The Financial Crisis and Information Gaps: Report to the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
prepared by the IMF Staff and the FSB Secretariat, October 2009 - The Financial Crisis and Information Gaps - Progress Report, Action Plans and Timetables
prepared by the IMF Staff and the FSB Secretariat, May 2010 - G20 Data Gaps Initiative (DGI-2): Progress Achieved, Lessons Learned, and the Way Forward
prepared by the IMF Staff and the FSB Secretariat, June 2022 - Monitoring Systemic Institutions for the Analysis of Micro-macro Linkages and Network Effects
Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Science, April 2018
The Joint BIS-IMF-OECD-World Bank statistics on external debt - developed jointly by the BIS, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the World Bank (WB), disseminate data on the external debt of developed, developing and transition countries and territories, as well as statistics on selected foreign assets.
The joint statistics - which include quarterly data obtained by creditor and market sources, as well as national sources - provide a breakdown by instrument and, importantly, show measures of short-term debt not easily available from other sources.
The BIS banking and securities market statistics are a vital element in this joint effort. Although the joint statistics are unable to provide a fully comprehensive and consistent measure of total external debt in each country, they bring together the most relevant international comparative data currently available in this area.
Accessing the joint data
The joint BIS/IMF/OECD/WB data on external debt can be accessed through the electronic Joint External Debt Hub (JEDH). Data are available in the format of tables and an online database.
External debt statistics guide
The 2013 External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users (2013 EDS Guide) provides comprehensive guidance for measurement, compilation, analytical use, and presentation of external debt statistics.
Previous guidelines
| March 2013 | Guidelines for reporting the BIS international banking statistics (Version incorporating Stage 1 and Stage 2 enhancements recommended by the CGFS) | ISBN 92 9197 728 4 (online) |
| June 2012 | Guidelines to the international consolidated banking statistics | ISBN 92 9197 728 4 (online) |
| May 2012 | Guidelines to the international locational banking statistics | ISBN 92 9197 727 6 (online) |
| Apr 2003 | Guide to the international banking statistics | ISBN 92-9131-647-4 |
| Jul 2000 | Guide to the international banking statistics | ISBN 92-9131-603-2 |
| Aug 1995 | The BIS statistics on international banking and financial market activity | ISBN 92-9131-077-8 |
| Apr 1995 | Guide to the international banking statistics | ISBN 92-9131-076-0 |
| Dec 1993 | Statistics on external indebtedness 1983-91(BIS/OECD) | English: ISBN 92-9131-130-8 French: ISBN 92-9131-230-4 |
| Apr 1993 | International banking statistics 1977-91 | ISBN 92-9131-071-9 |
| Feb 1988 | Guide to the BIS statistics on international banking | |
| Apr 1984 | International Banking Statistics 1973-83 |