Units vary. Series start as early as 1960; some series have been truncated by the source. There are 115 concepts; geo coverage is 206 individual countries and 14 country-aggregates; not all concept-geo combinations exist.

The series reside in the historical catalog (Cross-Country Datasets » World Bank » Global Financial Development) and include, for example:

• WBKGFDDOI06UA.IALB  = Assets of five largest banks - As a share of total commercial banking assets, (%) - for Albania
• WBKGFDDDM14UA.IZAF  = Syndicated loan average maturity, (# years) - for South Africa
• WBKGFDDAI02UA.IMDIC = Bank branches, (# per 100 Ths. adults) - for Middle Income Countries

Because catalog locations are subject to change, the upper-right search box on DataBuffet.com provides a "find in catalog" mode that accepts a mnemonic.

About the dataset:

• GFDD data catalog
• Global Financial Development Report
• Benchmarking Financial Systems Around the World (pdf, Cihák et al, 2012)

About our extract:

• Due to the variety and specialized nature of the measurements, many unit-descriptors do not follow our usual standards. To properly interpret and use, please familiarize yourself with the source's own documentation.
• We have detected discrepancies in the data, but the source assures us these are as-reported by the individual countries.
• The World Bank's identifier is embedded in our concept code and is notated in the "source" metadata. For example, WBKGFDDAI02UA is our copy of GFDD.AI.02.