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Bank branches — Costa Rica

Bank branches in Costa Rica in 2024 — 15.1 per 100k. Ranked 60 in the world out of 153. Since 2004, the indicator has fallen by 7.1%.

2024 15.1 per 100k −3.73% vs 2023
World rank 60of 153
Period maximum 23.14 per 100k2011
Period minimum 15.1 per 100k2024

Trend over time

2004–2024 · per 100,000 adults

Bank branches — Costa Rica, 2004–20241517.52022.525200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242004: 16.25 per 100k2005: 18.18 per 100k2006: 18.78 per 100k2007: 20.92 per 100k2008: 20.64 per 100k2009: 20.22 per 100k2010: 20.3 per 100k2011: 23.14 per 100k2012: 23.07 per 100k2013: 22.59 per 100k2014: 22.36 per 100k2015: 22.34 per 100k2016: 21.79 per 100k2017: 20.73 per 100k2018: 19.87 per 100k2019: 19.15 per 100k2020: 17.37 per 100k2021: 16.54 per 100k2022: 16.08 per 100k2023: 15.69 per 100k2024: 15.1 per 100k
Change over the period: −1.15 (−7.1%) Average annual rate: -0.37 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Costa Rica

Costa Rica 15.1 per 100k
World 11.12 per 100k
Latin America & Caribbean 11.58 per 100k
Central America computed 13.38 per 100k
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.22 per 100k
Bank branches — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 15.1 −0.58 −3.73%
2023 15.69 −0.39 −2.45%
2022 16.08 −0.46 −2.78%
2021 16.54 −0.83 −4.77%
2020 17.37 −1.78 −9.3%
2019 19.15 −0.73 −3.66%
2018 19.87 −0.86 −4.14%
2017 20.73 −1.06 −4.86%
2016 21.79 −0.55 −2.47%
2015 22.34 −0.01 −0.05%
2014 22.36 −0.24 −1.06%
2013 22.59 −0.48 −2.06%
2012 23.07 −0.07 −0.29%
2011 23.14 +2.84 +13.99%
2010 20.3 +0.08 +0.38%
2009 20.22 −0.42 −2.01%
2008 20.64 −0.28 −1.36%
2007 20.92 +2.14 +11.39%
2006 18.78 +0.61 +3.33%
2005 18.18 +1.92 +11.84%
2004 16.25 — —

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

GT Guatemala 21.94 PA Panama 17.72 HN Honduras 15.99 CR Costa Rica 15.1 BZ Belize 14.37 MX Mexico 12.04 SV El Salvador 11.58 NI Nicaragua 9.38
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About the indicator

The number of commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults. The indicator was conceived as a measure of access to financial services, but it now calls for care in reading: in countries where banking has moved onto the phone, branches are closing, and a falling value means not a loss of access but a change in its form. The clearest case is Kenya and other countries of East Africa, where mobile money reached the population bypassing branches altogether.

Important: A measure of the physical presence of banks, not of access to financial services. Where mobile payments are widespread, a low value does not indicate financial exclusion.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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