EU countries by MFI corporate loan balances

France had the highest MFI corporate loan balances of 21 EU countries in January 2026, at €1.44 trillion. Malta had the lowest, at €6.16 billion. The median was €63.96 billion. Source: the European Central Bank.

Highest1,438,881France

Lowest6,163.85Malta

Median63,96321 EU countries

Map of EU countries, January 2026

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EUR million, January 2026. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: ECB, ECB BSI: MFI corporate loan balances, unadjusted end-period stock (M.<area>.N.A.A20.A.1.U2.2240.Z01.E). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, January 2026

EUR million. Source: ECB, ECB BSI: MFI corporate loan balances, unadjusted end-period stock (M.<area>.N.A.A20.A.1.U2.2240.Z01.E). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	January 2026 EUR million	Change on January 2025
1	France	1,438,881	+1.5%
2	Germany	1,363,076	-0.2%
3	Italy	617,585	+1.3%
4	Spain	485,602	+2.8%
5	Netherlands	434,872	+4.3%
6	Austria	241,851	+1.8%
7	Belgium	192,554	+4.8%
8	Finland	109,973	+1.6%
9	Greece	80,765	+10.8%
10	Portugal	75,697.59	+2.5%
11	Luxembourg	63,963	+3.9%
12	Ireland	55,000	-5.5%
13	Bulgaria	28,298.71	+9.6%
14	Slovakia	25,304.21	+2.4%
15	Croatia	17,864	+10.1%
16	Lithuania	14,702	+18.7%
17	Estonia	12,242	+10.3%
18	Slovenia	11,891.7	+7.6%
19	Cyprus	10,812	+5.7%
20	Latvia	7,123	+18.4%
21	Malta	6,163.85	+12.2%

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About this ranking

End-of-month stock of loans from resident MFIs excluding central banks to non-financial corporations resident in the euro area, in EUR millions.

Loan stocks are outstanding balances, rather than new lending or transaction flows. They differ from ECB adjusted loan series, which account for loan transfers and notional cash pooling. End-of-month balances, neither seasonally nor working-day adjusted. The country identifies the reporting monetary financial institutions (MFIs), excluding central banks; borrowers or depositors reside anywhere in the euro area. These are not balances of domestic residents only. Households include non-profit institutions serving households. All currencies are combined and reported in EUR millions. The euro area has changing membership; histories vary and missing values are not filled.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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European Central Bank. ECB BSI: MFI corporate loan balances, unadjusted end-period stock (M.<area>.N.A.A20.A.1.U2.2240.Z01.E). https://data-api.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/BSI/M.AT+BE+BG+CY+DE+EE+ES+FI+FR+GR+HR+IE+IT+LT+LU+LV+MT+NL+PT+SI+SK+U2.N.A.A20.A.1.U2.2240.Z01.E?format=csvdata. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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European Central Bank. (n.d.). ECB BSI: MFI corporate loan balances, unadjusted end-period stock (M.<area>.N.A.A20.A.1.U2.2240.Z01.E) (EU countries by MFI corporate loan balances, 2026-01) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data-api.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/BSI/M.AT+BE+BG+CY+DE+EE+ES+FI+FR+GR+HR+IE+IT+LT+LU+LV+MT+NL+PT+SI+SK+U2.N.A.A20.A.1.U2.2240.Z01.E?format=csvdata

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ECB BSI: MFI corporate loan balances, unadjusted end-period stock (M.<area>.N.A.A20.A.1.U2.2240.Z01.E), EU countries by MFI corporate loan balances, 2026-01. European Central Bank, https://data-api.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/BSI/M.AT+BE+BG+CY+DE+EE+ES+FI+FR+GR+HR+IE+IT+LT+LU+LV+MT+NL+PT+SI+SK+U2.N.A.A20.A.1.U2.2240.Z01.E?format=csvdata. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mfi-corporate-loan-balances/eu-countries?period=2026-01. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

European Central Bank. n.d. ECB BSI: MFI corporate loan balances, unadjusted end-period stock (M.<area>.N.A.A20.A.1.U2.2240.Z01.E). EU countries by MFI corporate loan balances, 2026-01. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data-api.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/BSI/M.AT+BE+BG+CY+DE+EE+ES+FI+FR+GR+HR+IE+IT+LT+LU+LV+MT+NL+PT+SI+SK+U2.N.A.A20.A.1.U2.2240.Z01.E?format=csvdata. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mfi-corporate-loan-balances/eu-countries?period=2026-01.

Harvard

European Central Bank (no date) ECB BSI: MFI corporate loan balances, unadjusted end-period stock (M.<area>.N.A.A20.A.1.U2.2240.Z01.E), EU countries by MFI corporate loan balances, 2026-01 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data-api.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/BSI/M.AT+BE+BG+CY+DE+EE+ES+FI+FR+GR+HR+IE+IT+LT+LU+LV+MT+NL+PT+SI+SK+U2.N.A.A20.A.1.U2.2240.Z01.E?format=csvdata, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/mfi-corporate-loan-balances/eu-countries?period=2026-01 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{european_eu_countries_by_mfi_2026,
  author = {{European Central Bank}},
  title = {{ECB BSI: MFI corporate loan balances, unadjusted end-period stock (M.<area>.N.A.A20.A.1.U2.2240.Z01.E): EU countries by MFI corporate loan balances, 2026-01}},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mfi-corporate-loan-balances/eu-countries?period=2026-01. Publisher attribution: European Central Bank. ECB BSI: MFI corporate loan balances, unadjusted end-period stock (M.<area>.N.A.A20.A.1.U2.2240.Z01.E). https://data-api.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/BSI/M.AT+BE+BG+CY+DE+EE+ES+FI+FR+GR+HR+IE+IT+LT+LU+LV+MT+NL+PT+SI+SK+U2.N.A.A20.A.1.U2.2240.Z01.E?format=csvdata. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which EU country has the highest MFI corporate loan balances?

France, with €1.44 trillion in January 2026, according to the European Central Bank.

Which EU country has the lowest MFI corporate loan balances?

Malta, with €6.16 billion in January 2026.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: European Central Bank, ECB BSI: MFI corporate loan balances, unadjusted end-period stock (M.<area>.N.A.A20.A.1.U2.2240.Z01.E). Retrieved 2026-10-12.