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Bank branches — Ecuador

Bank branches in Ecuador in 2024 — 8.04 per 100k. Ranked 103 in the world out of 153. Since 2004, the indicator has fallen by 23.4%.

2024 8.04 per 100k −9.77% vs 2023
World rank 103of 153
Period maximum 12.88 per 100k2012
Period minimum 8.04 per 100k2024

Trend over time

2004–2024 · per 100,000 adults

Bank branches — Ecuador, 2004–20248101214200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242004: 10.49 per 100k2005: 10.59 per 100k2006: 11.04 per 100k2007: 11.88 per 100k2008: 11.96 per 100k2009: 11.93 per 100k2010: 12.27 per 100k2011: 12.64 per 100k2012: 12.88 per 100k2013: 11.92 per 100k2014: 11.54 per 100k2015: 11.47 per 100k2016: 10.91 per 100k2017: 9.64 per 100k2018: 9.43 per 100k2019: 9.64 per 100k2020: 9.59 per 100k2021: 9.2 per 100k2022: 8.99 per 100k2023: 8.91 per 100k2024: 8.04 per 100k
Change over the period: −2.46 (−23.41%) Average annual rate: -1.32 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Ecuador 8.04 per 100k
World 11.12 per 100k
Latin America & Caribbean 11.58 per 100k
South America computed 14.52 per 100k
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.22 per 100k
Bank branches — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 8.04 −0.87 −9.77%
2023 8.91 −0.09 −0.97%
2022 8.99 −0.2 −2.23%
2021 9.2 −0.39 −4.04%
2020 9.59 −0.06 −0.59%
2019 9.64 +0.21 +2.28%
2018 9.43 −0.21 −2.19%
2017 9.64 −1.27 −11.68%
2016 10.91 −0.56 −4.86%
2015 11.47 −0.07 −0.57%
2014 11.54 −0.39 −3.23%
2013 11.92 −0.96 −7.46%
2012 12.88 +0.24 +1.93%
2011 12.64 +0.37 +3.03%
2010 12.27 +0.34 +2.86%
2009 11.93 −0.04 −0.3%
2008 11.96 +0.08 +0.65%
2007 11.88 +0.85 +7.69%
2006 11.04 +0.44 +4.15%
2005 10.59 +0.1 +0.97%
2004 10.49

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.