Bank branches — all countries

Bank branches — European Union

Bank branches in the European Union in 2024 — 17.57 per 100k. Since 2004, the indicator has fallen by 42.7%.

2024 17.57 per 100k −0.8% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 35.39 per 100k2009
Period minimum 17.53 per 100k2022

Trend over time

2004–2024 · per 100,000 adults

Bank branches — European Union, 2004–2024152025303540200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242004: 30.68 per 100k2005: 29.92 per 100k2006: 32.57 per 100k2007: 33.31 per 100k2008: 35.34 per 100k2009: 35.39 per 100k2010: 34.22 per 100k2011: 32.78 per 100k2012: 33.19 per 100k2013: 30.03 per 100k2014: 28.03 per 100k2015: 26.81 per 100k2016: 24.64 per 100k2017: 22.91 per 100k2018: 21.31 per 100k2019: 23.64 per 100k2020: 22.74 per 100k2021: 21.14 per 100k2022: 17.53 per 100k2023: 17.71 per 100k2024: 17.57 per 100k
Change over the period: −13.11 (−42.72%) Average annual rate: -2.75 %

Comparison, 2024

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

European Union 17.57 per 100k
World 11.12 per 100k
Bank branches — European Union, by year European Union All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 17.57 −0.14 −0.8%
2023 17.71 +0.18 +1.02%
2022 17.53 −3.6 −17.05%
2021 21.14 −1.61 −7.06%
2020 22.74 −0.89 −3.78%
2019 23.64 +2.32 +10.9%
2018 21.31 −1.6 −6.99%
2017 22.91 −1.73 −7.01%
2016 24.64 −2.17 −8.09%
2015 26.81 −1.22 −4.34%
2014 28.03 −2 −6.67%
2013 30.03 −3.16 −9.52%
2012 33.19 +0.41 +1.25%
2011 32.78 −1.44 −4.21%
2010 34.22 −1.18 −3.32%
2009 35.39 +0.05 +0.15%
2008 35.34 +2.03 +6.1%
2007 33.31 +0.74 +2.26%
2006 32.57 +2.65 +8.87%
2005 29.92 −0.76 −2.47%
2004 30.68

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.