Small and medium-sized companies from Lithuania had the highest rejection rate in the European Union in 2024. The rejection rate in Lithuania reached ** percent, and it was followed by Latvia, with a rejection rate of ** percent.

Of the Benelux countries, Luxembourg has the highest score when it comes to the ease of access of loans. The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) combines *** indicators that capture concepts that matter for productivity and long-term prosperity. These indicators are grouped into ** pillars: institutions, infrastructure, macroeconomic environment, health and primary education, higher education and training, goods market efficiency, labor market efficiency, financial market development, technological readiness, market size, business sophistication, and innovation. These pillars are in turn organized into three subindexes: basic requirements, efficiency enhancers, and innovation and sophistication factors. The three subindexes are given different weights in the calculation of the overall Index, depending on each economy’s stage of development, as proxied by its GDP per capita and the share of exports represented by raw materials.

This statistic describes the average share of the total loans in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) that were lent by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in 2015, by country. In that year, a four percent share of the total loans given in the United Arab Emirates was lent by SMEs.

A survey conducted among small and medium enterprise in selected EU countries between 2015 and 2020, Romania had the highest of SMEs with credit constraints, amounting to **** percent, followed by Lithuania (**** percent), and Latvia (**** percent). On the other hand, Austria had the lowest share of SMEs with credit constraints, amounting to only *** percent.Credit constraint is defined as the inability of households or enterprises to borrow against future income or profit, mainly because lenders believe that borrowers are unlikely to repay their loans.

This statistic illustrates the number of small and medium enterprise (SME) loans for the asset-backed securities market in Europe as of July 2017, broken down by country. Asset-backed securities (ABS) are financial securities backed by a loan, lease or receivables against certain classes of assets. They offer the opportunity to invest in a wide variety of income-generating assets to investors. The process of securitization denotes pooling the usually illiquid assets together. Through this, they are made marketable and give issuers the way to generate more capital, used for more lending. It can be seen that there were 557 thousand SME loans on the Asset-Backed Securities market in Spain as of mid-year 2017.

Philippines Bank Lending Rate: UKBs: Loans: Indicative: High: SME data was reported at 11.528 % pa in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 11.508 % pa for Nov 2024. Philippines Bank Lending Rate: UKBs: Loans: Indicative: High: SME data is updated monthly, averaging 11.507 % pa from Jan 2020 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 60 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.621 % pa in Jan 2023 and a record low of 10.009 % pa in Apr 2020. Philippines Bank Lending Rate: UKBs: Loans: Indicative: High: SME data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Philippines – Table PH.M009: Lending Rates: Universal and Commercial Banks (UKBs): by Loan Type.

Taiwan Loans to SME: Outstanding: Total data was reported at 6,227,349.000 NTD mn in May 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 6,169,864.000 NTD mn for Apr 2018. Taiwan Loans to SME: Outstanding: Total data is updated monthly, averaging 3,952,750.000 NTD mn from Jul 2004 (Median) to May 2018, with 167 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6,227,349.000 NTD mn in May 2018 and a record low of 2,158,863.580 NTD mn in Jul 2004. Taiwan Loans to SME: Outstanding: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Banking Bureau, Financial Supervisory Commission. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Taiwan – Table TW.KA014: Loans: To Small and Medium Enterprises.

The Europe Corporate Lending Platform Market would witness market growth of 23.0% CAGR during the forecast period (2023-2030). The Germany market dominated the Europe Corporate Lending Platform Market by Country in 2022 and would continue to be a dominant market till 2030; thereby, achieving a mar

Taiwan Loans to SME To Private Enterprise Loans Ratio data was reported at 63.040 % in Sep 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 62.940 % for Aug 2018. Taiwan Loans to SME To Private Enterprise Loans Ratio data is updated monthly, averaging 55.600 % from Jul 2008 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 123 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 63.760 % in Jul 2018 and a record low of 43.590 % in Oct 2008. Taiwan Loans to SME To Private Enterprise Loans Ratio data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Banking Bureau, Financial Supervisory Commission. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Taiwan – Table TW.KA014: Loans: To Small and Medium Enterprises.

According to a survey conducted among small and medium enterprise in selected EU countries in the second half of 2020, Finnish SMEs appeared to have the highest financing gap, amounting to approximately ******* euros, followed by Slovakian SMEs with ******* euros. By contrast, France and Austria had the lowest financing gap among SMEs. The financing gap was calculated as the difference between demanded and obtained loans.

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Korea Bank Lending Rate: SMEs data was reported at 3.830 % in Aug 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.860 % for Jul 2018. Korea Bank Lending Rate: SMEs data is updated monthly, averaging 3.750 % from Apr 2015 (Median) to Aug 2018, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.920 % in Feb 2018 and a record low of 3.530 % in Jul 2016. Korea Bank Lending Rate: SMEs data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Korea Federation of SMEs. The data is categorized under Global Database’s South Korea – Table KR.M002: Call Rates and Lending Rates.

Taiwan Loans to SME: Outstanding: DB: KGI Bank data was reported at 20,326.000 NTD mn in May 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 19,441.000 NTD mn for Apr 2018. Taiwan Loans to SME: Outstanding: DB: KGI Bank data is updated monthly, averaging 15,545.000 NTD mn from Jul 2004 (Median) to May 2018, with 167 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 35,391.390 NTD mn in Jul 2007 and a record low of 10,769.670 NTD mn in Jul 2004. Taiwan Loans to SME: Outstanding: DB: KGI Bank data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Banking Bureau, Financial Supervisory Commission. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Taiwan – Table TW.KA014: Loans: To Small and Medium Enterprises.

Interest rates on SME loans in late 2024 and beginning of 2025 converged a lot. While in previous years, the rates varied a lot depending on the size of the loan, those differences were significantly smaller by April 2025. Loans of over one million have had the lowest interest rates in the past couple of years, but in 2009 they reached a peak at over **** percent. SMEs, or mkb (an abbreviation of midden- en kleinbedrijf) in Dutch, are a big provider for the economy in the Netherlands, as they are the second-largest type of business enterprise present in the country.

Taiwan Loans to SME: Outstanding: DB: Bank of Kaohsiung data was reported at 55,036.000 NTD mn in Sep 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 54,848.000 NTD mn for Aug 2018. Taiwan Loans to SME: Outstanding: DB: Bank of Kaohsiung data is updated monthly, averaging 36,055.000 NTD mn from Jul 2004 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 171 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 56,993.000 NTD mn in Dec 2017 and a record low of 5,859.000 NTD mn in Jul 2004. Taiwan Loans to SME: Outstanding: DB: Bank of Kaohsiung data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Banking Bureau, Financial Supervisory Commission. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Taiwan – Table TW.KA014: Loans: To Small and Medium Enterprises.

In 2023, the compound annual growth rate of non-normal loans for small and medium enterprises (SME) in Thailand grew by **** percent. In comparison, the normal loan for SME in the country contracted by *** percent in that same period.

Taiwan Loans to SME: Outstanding: DB: Ta Chong Bank data was reported at 30,050.000 NTD mn in Dec 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 30,988.000 NTD mn for Nov 2017. Taiwan Loans to SME: Outstanding: DB: Ta Chong Bank data is updated monthly, averaging 11,214.445 NTD mn from Jul 2004 (Median) to Dec 2017, with 162 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 44,748.000 NTD mn in Nov 2014 and a record low of 3,667.000 NTD mn in Jan 2012. Taiwan Loans to SME: Outstanding: DB: Ta Chong Bank data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Banking Bureau, Financial Supervisory Commission. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Taiwan – Table TW.KA014: Loans: To Small and Medium Enterprises.

United Kingdom Gross Lending: MFIs: SMEs data was reported at 4,464,000,000.000 GBP in Apr 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 4,180,000,000.000 GBP for Mar 2019. United Kingdom Gross Lending: MFIs: SMEs data is updated monthly, averaging 4,639,000,000.000 GBP from May 2011 (Median) to Apr 2019, with 96 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5,240,000,000.000 GBP in Jan 2016 and a record low of 2,745,000,000.000 GBP in Nov 2012. United Kingdom Gross Lending: MFIs: SMEs data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of England. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.KB016: MFIs Lending to Non Financial Businesses: By Size of Business.

Malaysia Loans: Outstanding: SMEs: Micro data was reported at 83,493.139 MYR mn in Dec 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 103,054.625 MYR mn for Nov 2019. Malaysia Loans: Outstanding: SMEs: Micro data is updated monthly, averaging 94,961.356 MYR mn from Jan 2014 (Median) to Dec 2019, with 72 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 108,657.616 MYR mn in Aug 2018 and a record low of 62,754.136 MYR mn in Jan 2014. Malaysia Loans: Outstanding: SMEs: Micro data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank Negara Malaysia. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malaysia – Table MY.S020: Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs): By SME Size: Loan: Outstanding. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

According to a survey conducted among small and medium enterprise in selected EU countries in the second half of 2020, Slovakian SMEs appeared to have the highest rate of rejection, with ** percent of SMEs requesting financing not obtaining it. In Finland, ** percent of SMEs demanded a financing loan, with ** percent failing to obtain it. By contrast, France and Austria had the lowest rejection rate for financing loans among SMEs.