Bank branches — all countries

Bank branches — Mercosur

Bank branches in Mercosur in 2024 — 17.1 per 100k. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 0.5%.

2024 17.1 per 100k −2.7% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 20.16 per 100k2014
Period minimum 16.85 per 100k2006

Trend over time

2004–2024 · per 100,000 adults

Bank branches — Mercosur, 2004–2024161718192021200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242004: 17.02 per 100k2005: 16.94 per 100k2006: 16.85 per 100k2007: 17.28 per 100k2008: 17.78 per 100k2009: 17.88 per 100k2010: 17.62 per 100k2011: 18.22 per 100k2012: 19.26 per 100k2013: 19.51 per 100k2014: 20.16 per 100k2015: 20.01 per 100k2016: 19.81 per 100k2017: 19.34 per 100k2018: 18.94 per 100k2019: 18.91 per 100k2020: 19.33 per 100k2021: 18.92 per 100k2022: 18.52 per 100k2023: 17.58 per 100k2024: 17.1 per 100k
Change over the period: +0.08 (+0.48%) Average annual rate: 0.02 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mercosur 17.1 per 100k
World 11.12 per 100k
Bank branches — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 17.1 −0.47 −2.7%
2023 17.58 −0.94 −5.1%
2022 18.52 −0.39 −2.09%
2021 18.92 −0.42 −2.15%
2020 19.33 +0.42 +2.21%
2019 18.91 −0.02 −0.12%
2018 18.94 −0.4 −2.08%
2017 19.34 −0.47 −2.39%
2016 19.81 −0.2 −0.99%
2015 20.01 −0.15 −0.76%
2014 20.16 +0.65 +3.35%
2013 19.51 +0.25 +1.32%
2012 19.26 +1.03 +5.65%
2011 18.22 +0.6 +3.42%
2010 17.62 −0.25 −1.42%
2009 17.88 +0.1 +0.56%
2008 17.78 +0.5 +2.88%
2007 17.28 +0.43 +2.56%
2006 16.85 −0.09 −0.53%
2005 16.94 −0.08 −0.5%
2004 17.02

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.