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Bank branches — El Salvador

Bank branches in El Salvador in 2024 — 11.58 per 100k. Ranked 82 in the world out of 153. Since 2009, the indicator has fallen by 3%.

2024 11.58 per 100k +23.38% vs 2023
World rank 82of 153
Period maximum 15.38 per 100k2018
Period minimum 9.2 per 100k2022

Trend over time

2009–2024 · per 100,000 adults

Bank branches — El Salvador, 2009–20248101214162009201120132015201720192021202320242009: 11.94 per 100k2010: 10.91 per 100k2011: 11.76 per 100k2012: 11.33 per 100k2013: 12.03 per 100k2014: 11.96 per 100k2015: 11.75 per 100k2016: 13.6 per 100k2017: 15.25 per 100k2018: 15.38 per 100k2019: 10.72 per 100k2020: 9.56 per 100k2021: 9.4 per 100k2022: 9.2 per 100k2023: 9.39 per 100k2024: 11.58 per 100k
Change over the period: −0.36 (−2.99%) Average annual rate: -0.2 %

Comparison, 2024

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

El Salvador 11.58 per 100k
World 11.12 per 100k
Latin America & Caribbean 11.58 per 100k
Central America computed 13.38 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 11.99 per 100k
Bank branches — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 11.58 +2.19 +23.38%
2023 9.39 +0.18 +1.99%
2022 9.2 −0.19 −2.04%
2021 9.4 −0.16 −1.7%
2020 9.56 −1.16 −10.82%
2019 10.72 −4.66 −30.32%
2018 15.38 +0.14 +0.89%
2017 15.25 +1.65 +12.14%
2016 13.6 +1.84 +15.69%
2015 11.75 −0.21 −1.78%
2014 11.96 −0.07 −0.59%
2013 12.03 +0.7 +6.18%
2012 11.33 −0.42 −3.61%
2011 11.76 +0.85 +7.82%
2010 10.91 −1.03 −8.65%
2009 11.94 — —

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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