* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

People with bank accounts, percent of the population over 14 years of age, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 121 countries was 65.76 percent. The highest value was in Denmark: 100 percent and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 9.65 percent. The indicator is available from 2011 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Percent people with bank accounts , 2021 Global rank Available data
Denmark 100 1 2011 - 2021
Iceland 100 2 2021 - 2021
Germany 99.98 3 2011 - 2021
Austria 99.95 4 2011 - 2021
UK 99.76 5 2011 - 2021
Netherlands 99.73 6 2011 - 2021
Sweden 99.69 7 2011 - 2021
Ireland 99.66 8 2011 - 2021
Canada 99.63 9 2011 - 2021
Finland 99.53 10 2011 - 2021
Switzerland 99.49 11 2014 - 2021
Norway 99.48 12 2014 - 2021
Estonia 99.38 13 2011 - 2021
Australia 99.32 14 2011 - 2021
France 99.24 15 2011 - 2021
Slovenia 99.05 16 2011 - 2021
Belgium 99.01 17 2011 - 2021
New Zealand 98.75 18 2011 - 2021
South Korea 98.67 19 2011 - 2021
Japan 98.49 20 2011 - 2021
Spain 98.3 21 2011 - 2021
Mongolia 98.17 22 2011 - 2021
Hong Kong 97.8 23 2011 - 2021
Italy 97.29 24 2011 - 2021
Singapore 97.19 25 2011 - 2021
Latvia 96.62 26 2011 - 2021
Malta 96.45 27 2011 - 2021
Poland 95.72 28 2011 - 2021
Slovakia 95.62 29 2011 - 2021
USA 94.95 30 2011 - 2021
Czechia 94.94 31 2011 - 2021
Greece 94.88 32 2011 - 2021
Taiwan 94.71 33 2011 - 2021
Thailand 94.15 34 2011 - 2021
Lithuania 93.53 35 2011 - 2021
Cyprus 93.13 36 2011 - 2021
Israel 92.93 37 2011 - 2021
Portugal 92.65 38 2011 - 2021
Croatia 91.8 39 2011 - 2021
Mauritius 89.96 40 2011 - 2021
Iran 89.62 41 2011 - 2021
Serbia 89.42 42 2011 - 2021
Sri Lanka 88.93 43 2011 - 2021
China 88.71 44 2011 - 2021
Russia 88.71 45 2011 - 2021
Hungary 88.22 46 2011 - 2021
Malaysia 88.17 47 2011 - 2021
Chile 87.06 48 2011 - 2021
North Macedonia 85.29 49 2011 - 2021
UA Emirates 84.56 50 2011 - 2021
South Africa 84.11 51 2011 - 2021
Venezuela 84.03 52 2011 - 2021
Bulgaria 83.97 53 2011 - 2021
Brazil 83.56 54 2011 - 2021
Ukraine 83.56 55 2011 - 2021
Kazakhstan 81.11 56 2011 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 79.34 57 2011 - 2021
India 77.3 58 2011 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 74.32 59 2011 - 2021
Uruguay 74.13 60 2011 - 2021
Turkey 73.37 61 2011 - 2021
Jamaica 72.67 62 2011 - 2021
Georgia 70.47 63 2011 - 2021
Romania 69.12 64 2011 - 2021
Costa Rica 68.49 65 2011 - 2021
Bolivia 67.96 66 2011 - 2021
Argentina 66.33 67 2011 - 2021
Namibia 65.57 68 2014 - 2021
Moldova 64.25 69 2011 - 2021
Ecuador 64.18 70 2011 - 2021
Peru 56.26 71 2011 - 2021
Colombia 55.94 72 2011 - 2021
Nepal 52.8 73 2011 - 2021
Armenia 52.25 74 2011 - 2021
Kenya 50.57 75 2011 - 2021
Indonesia 50.51 76 2011 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 49.55 77 2011 - 2021
Philippines 45.98 78 2011 - 2021
Nigeria 45.14 79 2011 - 2021
Panama 44.97 80 2011 - 2021
Albania 44.17 81 2011 - 2021
Uzbekistan 44.13 82 2011 - 2021
Algeria 44.1 83 2011 - 2021
Jordan 43.35 84 2011 - 2021
Morocco 42.24 85 2017 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 40.97 86 2011 - 2021
Ghana 39.2 87 2011 - 2021
Tajikistan 38.9 88 2011 - 2021
Mozambique 38.63 89 2017 - 2021
Bangladesh 37.69 90 2011 - 2021
Laos 37.32 91 2011 - 2021
Uganda 36.56 92 2011 - 2021
Burma 36.14 93 2014 - 2021
Tunisia 35.71 94 2014 - 2021
Honduras 33.88 95 2011 - 2021
Palestine 33.18 96 2011 - 2021
Cambodia 32.6 97 2011 - 2021
El Salvador 30.71 98 2011 - 2021
Zimbabwe 29.25 99 2011 - 2021
Liberia 28.59 100 2011 - 2021
Mali 28.44 101 2011 - 2021
Senegal 28.13 102 2011 - 2021
Gabon 27.55 103 2011 - 2021
Paraguay 27.08 104 2011 - 2021
Egypt 26.1 105 2011 - 2021
Togo 24.9 106 2011 - 2021
Zambia 23.84 107 2011 - 2021
Benin 23.79 108 2011 - 2021
Cameroon 23.53 109 2011 - 2021
Tanzania 23.32 110 2011 - 2021
Nicaragua 23.19 111 2011 - 2021
Burkina Faso 21.05 112 2011 - 2021
Lebanon 20.7 113 2011 - 2021
Ivory Coast 20.57 114 2014 - 2021
Malawi 20.22 115 2011 - 2021
R. of Congo 18.12 116 2011 - 2021
Pakistan 16.29 117 2011 - 2021
Iraq 15.76 118 2011 - 2021
Sierra Leone 13.78 119 2011 - 2021
Guinea 13.77 120 2011 - 2021
Afghanistan 9.65 121 2011 - 2021



Definition: The percentage of respondents with an account (self or together with someone else) at a bank, credit union, another financial institution (e.g., cooperative, microfinance institution), or the post office (if applicable) including respondents who reported having a debit card (% age 15+).

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99.98
99.95
99.76
99.73
99.69
99.66
99.63
99.53
99.49
99.48
99.38
99.32
99.24
99.05
99.01
98.75
98.67
98.49
98.30
98.17
97.80
97.29
97.19
96.62
96.45
95.72
95.62
94.95
94.94
94.88
94.71
94.15
93.53
93.13
92.93
92.65
91.80
89.96
89.62
89.42
88.93
88.71
88.71
88.22
88.17
87.06
85.29
84.56
84.11
84.03
83.97
83.56
83.56
81.11
79.34
77.30
74.32
74.13
73.37
72.67
70.47
69.12
68.49
67.96
66.33
65.57
64.25
64.18
56.26
55.94
52.80
52.25
50.57
50.51
49.55
45.98
45.14
44.97
44.17
44.13
44.10
43.35
42.24
40.97
39.20
38.90
38.63
37.69
37.32
36.56
36.14
35.71
33.88
33.18
32.60
30.71
29.25
28.59
28.44
28.13
27.55
27.08
26.10
24.90
23.84
23.79
23.53
23.32
23.19
21.05
20.70
20.57
20.22
18.12
16.29
15.76
13.78
13.77
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