International SWIFT Wire Access

Raw value is a Nomadino 0-100 point value for practical access to international SWIFT and bank-wire transfers. It combines SWIFT/BIC availability, sanctions exposure, FATF and correspondent-banking friction, practical transfer usability and exchange-transfer restrictions. Higher is better and the score equals the raw value.
1 Hong Kong95 points 95 points 95
1 Singapore95 points 95 points 95
1 Switzerland95 points 95 points 95
4 United States94 points 94 points 94
5 Japan93 points 93 points 93
6 Denmark92 points 92 points 92
6 France92 points 92 points 92
6 Germany92 points 92 points 92
6 Greenland92 points 92 points 92
6 Luxembourg92 points 92 points 92
6 Norway92 points 92 points 92
6 Sweden92 points 92 points 92
6 United Arab Emirates92 points 92 points 92
14 Austria91 points 91 points 91
14 Canada91 points 91 points 91
14 Finland91 points 91 points 91
14 Israel91 points 91 points 91
14 Korea Republic91 points 91 points 91
14 Netherlands91 points 91 points 91
14 New Zealand91 points 91 points 91
14 United Kingdom91 points 91 points 91
22 Australia90 points 90 points 90
22 Belgium90 points 90 points 90
22 Chinese Taipei90 points 90 points 90
22 Czech Republic90 points 90 points 90
22 Estonia90 points 90 points 90
22 Gibraltar90 points 90 points 90
22 Ireland90 points 90 points 90
22 Liechtenstein90 points 90 points 90
30 Iceland89 points 89 points 89
30 Italy89 points 89 points 89
30 Lithuania89 points 89 points 89
30 Poland89 points 89 points 89
30 Portugal89 points 89 points 89
30 Qatar89 points 89 points 89
30 Saudi Arabia89 points 89 points 89
30 Spain89 points 89 points 89
38 Bahrain88 points 88 points 88
38 Bermuda88 points 88 points 88
38 Faroe Islands88 points 88 points 88
38 Latvia88 points 88 points 88
38 Malta88 points 88 points 88
38 Slovenia88 points 88 points 88
44 Aruba87 points 87 points 87
44 Croatia87 points 87 points 87
44 Macau87 points 87 points 87
44 Malaysia87 points 87 points 87
44 Panama87 points 87 points 87
44 Puerto Rico87 points 87 points 87
44 Slovakia87 points 87 points 87
44 Turks and Caicos Islands87 points 87 points 87
44 U.S. Virgin Islands87 points 87 points 87
44 Uruguay87 points 87 points 87
54 Bahamas86 points 86 points 86
54 Brunei86 points 86 points 86
54 Cayman Islands86 points 86 points 86
54 Cyprus86 points 86 points 86
54 Guam86 points 86 points 86
54 Mauritius86 points 86 points 86
54 Thailand86 points 86 points 86
54 Trinidad and Tobago86 points 86 points 86
62 Chile85 points 85 points 85
62 Costa Rica85 points 85 points 85
62 French Guiana85 points 85 points 85
62 Georgia85 points 85 points 85
62 Guadeloupe85 points 85 points 85
62 Hungary85 points 85 points 85
62 Martinique85 points 85 points 85
62 New Caledonia85 points 85 points 85
62 Oman85 points 85 points 85
62 Réunion85 points 85 points 85
62 Romania85 points 85 points 85
62 Saint-Martin85 points 85 points 85
62 Sint Maarten85 points 85 points 85
62 Tahiti85 points 85 points 85
76 American Samoa84 points 84 points 84
76 Andorra84 points 84 points 84
76 Brazil84 points 84 points 84
76 Mexico84 points 84 points 84
76 Northern Mariana Islands84 points 84 points 84
76 Peru84 points 84 points 84
76 Saint Pierre and Miquelon84 points 84 points 84
76 South Africa84 points 84 points 84
84 Barbados83 points 83 points 83
84 China83 points 83 points 83
84 Curacao83 points 83 points 83
84 Dominican Republic83 points 83 points 83
84 Greece83 points 83 points 83
84 India83 points 83 points 83
84 Indonesia83 points 83 points 83
84 Jamaica83 points 83 points 83
84 Jordan83 points 83 points 83
93 Albania82 points 82 points 82
93 Armenia82 points 82 points 82
93 Botswana82 points 82 points 82
93 British Virgin Islands82 points 82 points 82
93 Colombia82 points 82 points 82
93 Grenada82 points 82 points 82
93 Kuwait82 points 82 points 82
93 Monaco82 points 82 points 82
93 Montserrat82 points 82 points 82
93 Morocco82 points 82 points 82
93 Philippines82 points 82 points 82
93 Rwanda82 points 82 points 82
93 San Marino82 points 82 points 82
93 Seychelles82 points 82 points 82
107 Anguilla81 points 81 points 81
107 Antigua and Barbuda81 points 81 points 81
107 Azerbaijan81 points 81 points 81
107 Belize81 points 81 points 81
107 Bosnia and Herzegovina81 points 81 points 81
107 Bulgaria81 points 81 points 81
107 El Salvador81 points 81 points 81
107 Guatemala81 points 81 points 81
107 Kazakhstan81 points 81 points 81
107 North Macedonia81 points 81 points 81
107 Paraguay81 points 81 points 81
107 Saint Kitts and Nevis81 points 81 points 81
107 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines81 points 81 points 81
107 Serbia81 points 81 points 81
121 Cambodia80 points 80 points 80
121 Cape Verde80 points 80 points 80
121 Ecuador80 points 80 points 80
121 Maldives80 points 80 points 80
121 Mayotte80 points 80 points 80
121 Montenegro80 points 80 points 80
121 Saint Lucia80 points 80 points 80
121 Turkey80 points 80 points 80
129 Cook Islands79 points 79 points 79
129 Fiji79 points 79 points 79
129 Honduras79 points 79 points 79
129 Kosovo79 points 79 points 79
129 Lesotho79 points 79 points 79
129 Samoa79 points 79 points 79
129 Tanzania79 points 79 points 79
136 Djibouti78 points 78 points 78
136 Dominica78 points 78 points 78
136 Gabon78 points 78 points 78
136 Moldova78 points 78 points 78
136 Swaziland78 points 78 points 78
136 Tunisia78 points 78 points 78
136 Uzbekistan78 points 78 points 78
143 Benin77 points 77 points 77
143 Bhutan77 points 77 points 77
143 Nicaragua77 points 77 points 77
143 Nigeria77 points 77 points 77
143 Senegal77 points 77 points 77
143 Uganda77 points 77 points 77
149 Egypt76 points 76 points 76
149 Gambia76 points 76 points 76
149 Ghana76 points 76 points 76
149 Guyana76 points 76 points 76
149 Kenya76 points 76 points 76
149 Kyrgyzstan76 points 76 points 76
149 Mongolia76 points 76 points 76
149 Namibia76 points 76 points 76
149 Niue76 points 76 points 76
149 Togo76 points 76 points 76
149 Tonga76 points 76 points 76
149 Wallis and Futuna76 points 76 points 76
149 Zambia76 points 76 points 76
162 Argentina75 points 75 points 75
162 Burkina Faso75 points 75 points 75
162 Micronesia75 points 75 points 75
162 Solomon Islands75 points 75 points 75
162 Sri Lanka75 points 75 points 75
162 Suriname75 points 75 points 75
162 Ukraine75 points 75 points 75
162 Vanuatu75 points 75 points 75
162 Vietnam75 points 75 points 75
171 Bangladesh74 points 74 points 74
171 Congo74 points 74 points 74
171 Tajikistan74 points 74 points 74
174 Algeria73 points 73 points 73
174 Comoros73 points 73 points 73
174 Madagascar73 points 73 points 73
174 Mali73 points 73 points 73
174 Mauritania73 points 73 points 73
174 Mozambique73 points 73 points 73
174 Nepal73 points 73 points 73
174 Palau73 points 73 points 73
182 Ivory Coast72 points 72 points 72
182 Pakistan72 points 72 points 72
184 Bolivia71 points 71 points 71
184 Cameroon71 points 71 points 71
184 Ethiopia71 points 71 points 71
184 Guinea71 points 71 points 71
184 Liberia71 points 71 points 71
184 Malawi71 points 71 points 71
184 Marshall Islands71 points 71 points 71
184 Zanzibar71 points 71 points 71
192 Nauru70 points 70 points 70
192 Papua New Guinea70 points 70 points 70
192 São Tomé and Príncipe70 points 70 points 70
195 Kiribati69 points 69 points 69
195 Niger69 points 69 points 69
197 Angola68 points 68 points 68
197 Tuvalu68 points 68 points 68
199 Burundi67 points 67 points 67
199 Equatorial Guinea67 points 67 points 67
199 Sierra Leone67 points 67 points 67
202 Guinea-Bissau66 points 66 points 66
202 Laos66 points 66 points 66
202 Timor-Leste66 points 66 points 66
205 Congo DR65 points 65 points 65
206 Chad63 points 63 points 63
207 Iraq60 points 60 points 60
208 Central African Republic58 points 58 points 58
209 Libya54 points 54 points 54
209 Western Sahara54 points 54 points 54
211 Haiti52 points 52 points 52
212 Turkmenistan50 points 50 points 50
212 Zimbabwe50 points 50 points 50
214 Palestine49 points 49 points 49
215 Lebanon44 points 44 points 44
216 Belarus41 points 41 points 41
217 Eritrea38 points 38 points 38
217 Venezuela38 points 38 points 38
219 Myanmar36 points 36 points 36
220 Russia35 points 35 points 35
221 Afghanistan33 points 33 points 33
222 South Sudan32 points 32 points 32
223 Somalia30 points 30 points 30
224 Yemen26 points 26 points 26
225 Cuba24 points 24 points 24
225 Sudan24 points 24 points 24
227 Syria23 points 23 points 23
228 Iran8 points 8 points 8
229 Korea DPR4 points 4 points 4

Last rating: June 18th, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is a Nomadino 0-100 point value for practical access to international SWIFT and bank-wire transfers. 0 means a nearly isolated or heavily blocked banking environment, while 100 means broadly usable international payment rails with low sanctions and correspondent-banking friction.

The calculation combines five blocks: SWIFT and BIC access count for 30%, legal usability despite sanctions 30%, correspondent-banking and AML/CFT friction 20%, practical transfer usability 10%, and foreign-exchange and capital-transfer environment 10%.

The SWIFT and BIC block checks whether banks in a country are generally reachable through international bank messaging and identifier systems. Because the public SWIFTRef search only provides limited access to BIC data, this block is checked against existing Nomadino financial indicators, central-bank sources and supervisory sources.

The sanctions block uses public sanctions sources from the United States, the European Union and the United Nations. Broad financial sanctions, exclusions of major banks, frozen central-bank or banking relationships and strong compliance risks reduce the raw value sharply even where some banks can still technically send messages.

The correspondent-banking block uses FATF high-risk and monitored lists together with banking-system stability and depth. A country with formal SWIFT addresses can still rank poorly in practice if foreign banks often reject, delay or heavily review payments.

Practical usability and the foreign-exchange environment receive smaller weights. They distinguish countries where international payments are legally possible but harder to use because of weak digital financial services, high transfer costs, FX shortages, capital controls or transfer rules.

For countries and territories without complete separate coverage, Nomadino uses maintained replacement values. They are derived from the administering state, currency and banking area, regional comparators, existing financial indicators and public central-bank or supervisory sources.

The score equals the raw value. A higher raw value therefore improves the ranking.