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Bank branches — Papua New Guinea

Bank branches in Papua New Guinea in 2022 — 1.37 per 100k. Ranked 167 in the world out of 167. Since 2004, the indicator has fallen by 23.5%.

2022 1.37 per 100k −2.3% vs 2021
World rank 167of 167
Period maximum 1.79 per 100k2004
Period minimum 1.37 per 100k2022

Trend over time

2004–2022 · per 100,000 adults

Bank branches — Papua New Guinea, 2004–20221.21.41.61.820042006200820102012201420162018202020222004: 1.79 per 100k2005: 1.75 per 100k2006: 1.64 per 100k2007: 1.63 per 100k2008: 1.57 per 100k2009: 1.47 per 100k2010: 1.51 per 100k2011: 1.6 per 100k2012: 1.59 per 100k2013: 1.54 per 100k2014: 1.5 per 100k2015: 1.45 per 100k2016: 1.41 per 100k2017: 1.37 per 100k2018: 1.38 per 100k2019: 1.46 per 100k2020: 1.44 per 100k2021: 1.4 per 100k2022: 1.37 per 100k
Change over the period: −0.42 (−23.45%) Average annual rate: -1.47 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 1.37 per 100k
World 10.59 per 100k
East Asia & Pacific 8.93 per 100k
Melanesia computed 2.19 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 11.84 per 100k
Bank branches — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2022 1.37 −0.03 −2.3%
2021 1.4 −0.03 −2.41%
2020 1.44 −0.02 −1.49%
2019 1.46 +0.07 +5.41%
2018 1.38 +0.01 +0.84%
2017 1.37 −0.04 −2.81%
2016 1.41 −0.04 −2.87%
2015 1.45 −0.04 −2.93%
2014 1.5 −0.05 −3%
2013 1.54 −0.05 −3.06%
2012 1.59 −0.01 −0.68%
2011 1.6 +0.09 +6.14%
2010 1.51 +0.03 +2.31%
2009 1.47 −0.1 −6.18%
2008 1.57 −0.06 −3.46%
2007 1.63 −0.01 −0.64%
2006 1.64 −0.11 −6.28%
2005 1.75 −0.04 −2.2%
2004 1.79 — —

Melanesia, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

FJ Fiji 10.23 SB Solomon Islands 3.5 PG Papua New Guinea 1.37
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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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