In 2018, the sovereign sukuk issued accounted for the majority of the issuances and amounted to 68.99 billion U.S. dollars. In the same year, Malaysia was the largest sovereign issuer in the world followed by Saudi Arabia.
Value of sukuk issuance worldwide from 2016 to 2018, by type
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Note:Only month and year were given for the publication date
* Includes all government-related entities (GREs), multilateral development banks (MDBs) and international organizations (IOs). “GREs” refers to ṣukuk obligors with a shareholding structure representing more than two-thirds (66.67%) of government ownership through either ministries, authorities, etc. or other GREs such as sovereign wealth funds.
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