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Bank branches — Sao Tome and Principe

Bank branches in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024 — 12.97 per 100k. Ranked 73 in the world out of 153. Since 2008, the indicator has fallen by 31.2%.

2024 12.97 per 100k −2.69% vs 2023
World rank 73of 153
Period maximum 31.27 per 100k2013
Period minimum 12.97 per 100k2024

Trend over time

2008–2024 · per 100,000 adults

Bank branches — Sao Tome and Principe, 2008–20241015202530352008201020122014201620182020202220242008: 18.87 per 100k2009: 23.3 per 100k2010: 27.53 per 100k2011: 27.85 per 100k2012: 30.93 per 100k2013: 31.27 per 100k2014: 29.81 per 100k2015: 29.23 per 100k2016: 24.42 per 100k2017: 23.89 per 100k2018: 20.14 per 100k2019: 19.68 per 100k2020: 19.14 per 100k2021: 17.09 per 100k2022: 14.44 per 100k2023: 13.33 per 100k2024: 12.97 per 100k
Change over the period: −5.89 (−31.23%) Average annual rate: -2.31 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe 12.97 per 100k
World 11.12 per 100k
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.01 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 11.99 per 100k
Bank branches — Sao Tome and Principe, by year Sao Tome and Principe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 12.97 −0.36 −2.69%
2023 13.33 −1.1 −7.64%
2022 14.44 −2.65 −15.5%
2021 17.09 −2.06 −10.74%
2020 19.14 −0.54 −2.74%
2019 19.68 −0.46 −2.29%
2018 20.14 −3.75 −15.7%
2017 23.89 −0.52 −2.14%
2016 24.42 −4.81 −16.46%
2015 29.23 −0.58 −1.95%
2014 29.81 −1.46 −4.66%
2013 31.27 +0.33 +1.08%
2012 30.93 +3.08 +11.07%
2011 27.85 +0.32 +1.16%
2010 27.53 +4.23 +18.15%
2009 23.3 +4.43 +23.49%
2008 18.87 — —

Middle Africa, 2024

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

ST Sao Tome and Principe 12.97 AO Angola 6.82
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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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