Bank branches — all countries

Bank branches — Euro area

Bank branches in the Euro area in 2024 — 18.55 per 100k. Since 2004, the indicator has fallen by 45%.

2024 18.55 per 100k −2.53% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 37.3 per 100k2007
Period minimum 18.55 per 100k2024

Trend over time

2004–2024 · per 100,000 adults

Bank branches — Euro area, 2004–2024152025303540200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242004: 33.71 per 100k2005: 31.91 per 100k2006: 33.8 per 100k2007: 37.3 per 100k2008: 36.6 per 100k2009: 36.64 per 100k2010: 36.11 per 100k2011: 35.79 per 100k2012: 35.52 per 100k2013: 32.49 per 100k2014: 28.15 per 100k2015: 28.29 per 100k2016: 28.3 per 100k2017: 26.97 per 100k2018: 25.67 per 100k2019: 24.89 per 100k2020: 23.4 per 100k2021: 21.14 per 100k2022: 20.57 per 100k2023: 19.03 per 100k2024: 18.55 per 100k
Change over the period: −15.17 (−44.99%) Average annual rate: -2.94 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Euro area 18.55 per 100k
World 11.12 per 100k
Bank branches — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 18.55 −0.48 −2.53%
2023 19.03 −1.55 −7.51%
2022 20.57 −0.56 −2.66%
2021 21.14 −2.27 −9.69%
2020 23.4 −1.48 −5.96%
2019 24.89 −0.79 −3.06%
2018 25.67 −1.3 −4.81%
2017 26.97 −1.33 −4.68%
2016 28.3 +0.01 +0.03%
2015 28.29 +0.14 +0.49%
2014 28.15 −4.34 −13.35%
2013 32.49 −3.03 −8.54%
2012 35.52 −0.27 −0.75%
2011 35.79 −0.33 −0.9%
2010 36.11 −0.53 −1.43%
2009 36.64 +0.04 +0.1%
2008 36.6 −0.7 −1.88%
2007 37.3 +3.5 +10.36%
2006 33.8 +1.89 +5.94%
2005 31.91 −1.81 −5.36%
2004 33.71

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.