Bank branches — all countries

Bank branches — Southern Europe

Bank branches in Southern Europe in 2024 — 28.5 per 100k. Since 2004, the indicator has fallen by 54.6%.

2024 28.5 per 100k −2.74% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 69 per 100k2008
Period minimum 28.5 per 100k2024

Trend over time

2004–2024 · per 100,000 adults

Bank branches — Southern Europe, 2004–202420406080200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242004: 62.74 per 100k2005: 63.34 per 100k2006: 65.41 per 100k2007: 66.76 per 100k2008: 69 per 100k2009: 66.61 per 100k2010: 64.93 per 100k2011: 62.15 per 100k2012: 59.78 per 100k2013: 54.83 per 100k2014: 52 per 100k2015: 49.55 per 100k2016: 47.25 per 100k2017: 44.56 per 100k2018: 41.41 per 100k2019: 38.69 per 100k2020: 36.57 per 100k2021: 32.31 per 100k2022: 30.48 per 100k2023: 29.31 per 100k2024: 28.5 per 100k
Change over the period: −34.24 (−54.57%) Average annual rate: -3.87 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Europe 28.5 per 100k
World 11.12 per 100k
Bank branches — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 28.5 −0.8 −2.74%
2023 29.31 −1.18 −3.86%
2022 30.48 −1.82 −5.64%
2021 32.31 −4.26 −11.65%
2020 36.57 −2.12 −5.49%
2019 38.69 −2.72 −6.56%
2018 41.41 −3.15 −7.07%
2017 44.56 −2.69 −5.69%
2016 47.25 −2.3 −4.65%
2015 49.55 −2.45 −4.72%
2014 52 −2.83 −5.16%
2013 54.83 −4.95 −8.28%
2012 59.78 −2.37 −3.81%
2011 62.15 −2.79 −4.29%
2010 64.93 −1.67 −2.51%
2009 66.61 −2.39 −3.46%
2008 69 +2.23 +3.35%
2007 66.76 +1.35 +2.06%
2006 65.41 +2.07 +3.27%
2005 63.34 +0.6 +0.96%
2004 62.74

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.