Bank branches — all countries

Bank branches — OECD

Bank branches in the OECD in 2024 — 15.1 per 100k. Since 2004, the indicator has fallen by 45.7%.

2024 15.1 per 100k −3.73% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 28.66 per 100k2007
Period minimum 15.1 per 100k2024

Trend over time

2004–2024 · per 100,000 adults

Bank branches — OECD, 2004–202415202530200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242004: 27.83 per 100k2005: 26.14 per 100k2006: 27.57 per 100k2007: 28.66 per 100k2008: 27.67 per 100k2009: 25.97 per 100k2010: 25.55 per 100k2011: 24.15 per 100k2012: 24.11 per 100k2013: 23.07 per 100k2014: 22.36 per 100k2015: 22.34 per 100k2016: 21.79 per 100k2017: 20.73 per 100k2018: 20.16 per 100k2019: 19.65 per 100k2020: 18.51 per 100k2021: 17.27 per 100k2022: 16.46 per 100k2023: 15.69 per 100k2024: 15.1 per 100k
Change over the period: −12.73 (−45.75%) Average annual rate: -3.01 %

Comparison, 2024

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

OECD 15.1 per 100k
World 11.12 per 100k
Bank branches — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 15.1 −0.58 −3.73%
2023 15.69 −0.77 −4.69%
2022 16.46 −0.81 −4.71%
2021 17.27 −1.24 −6.71%
2020 18.51 −1.13 −5.76%
2019 19.65 −0.51 −2.53%
2018 20.16 −0.58 −2.79%
2017 20.73 −1.06 −4.86%
2016 21.79 −0.55 −2.47%
2015 22.34 −0.01 −0.05%
2014 22.36 −0.71 −3.09%
2013 23.07 −1.04 −4.3%
2012 24.11 −0.04 −0.18%
2011 24.15 −1.4 −5.49%
2010 25.55 −0.42 −1.61%
2009 25.97 −1.7 −6.15%
2008 27.67 −0.98 −3.43%
2007 28.66 +1.09 +3.96%
2006 27.57 +1.43 +5.45%
2005 26.14 −1.69 −6.08%
2004 27.83

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.