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Bank branches — Samoa

Bank branches in Samoa in 2024 — 23.85 per 100k. Ranked 28 in the world out of 153. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 40.5%.

2024 23.85 per 100k −26.36% vs 2023
World rank 28of 153
Period maximum 32.39 per 100k2023
Period minimum 16.98 per 100k2004

Trend over time

2004–2024 · per 100,000 adults

Bank branches — Samoa, 2004–20241520253035200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242004: 16.98 per 100k2005: 17.72 per 100k2006: 20.21 per 100k2007: 22.6 per 100k2008: 22.33 per 100k2009: 25.49 per 100k2010: 24.41 per 100k2011: 17.51 per 100k2012: 18.14 per 100k2013: 22.01 per 100k2014: 23.41 per 100k2015: 20.8 per 100k2016: 22.23 per 100k2017: 22.06 per 100k2018: 22.65 per 100k2019: 22.46 per 100k2020: 23.05 per 100k2021: 24.42 per 100k2022: 24.28 per 100k2023: 32.39 per 100k2024: 23.85 per 100k
Change over the period: +6.87 (+40.49%) Average annual rate: 1.71 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Samoa 23.85 per 100k
World 11.12 per 100k
East Asia & Pacific 11.23 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 11.99 per 100k
Bank branches — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 23.85 −8.54 −26.36%
2023 32.39 +8.11 +33.38%
2022 24.28 −0.14 −0.56%
2021 24.42 +1.37 +5.94%
2020 23.05 +0.59 +2.63%
2019 22.46 −0.19 −0.84%
2018 22.65 +0.59 +2.68%
2017 22.06 −0.17 −0.76%
2016 22.23 +1.43 +6.85%
2015 20.8 −2.61 −11.14%
2014 23.41 +1.41 +6.39%
2013 22.01 +3.87 +21.31%
2012 18.14 +0.63 +3.6%
2011 17.51 −6.9 −28.26%
2010 24.41 −1.08 −4.26%
2009 25.49 +3.16 +14.17%
2008 22.33 −0.27 −1.2%
2007 22.6 +2.39 +11.83%
2006 20.21 +2.48 +14.02%
2005 17.72 +0.74 +4.39%
2004 16.98 — —

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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