Bank branches — all countries

Bank branches — Western Asia

Bank branches in Western Asia in 2024 — 10.53 per 100k. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 10.5%.

2024 10.53 per 100k −1.69% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 13.77 per 100k2018
Period minimum 9.53 per 100k2004

Trend over time

2004–2024 · per 100,000 adults

Bank branches — Western Asia, 2004–20248101214200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242004: 9.53 per 100k2005: 10.65 per 100k2006: 10.04 per 100k2007: 10.59 per 100k2008: 11.33 per 100k2009: 11.6 per 100k2010: 11.98 per 100k2011: 12.03 per 100k2012: 12.16 per 100k2013: 12.45 per 100k2014: 13.12 per 100k2015: 12.75 per 100k2016: 13.62 per 100k2017: 13.3 per 100k2018: 13.77 per 100k2019: 12.73 per 100k2020: 12.12 per 100k2021: 11.79 per 100k2022: 11.23 per 100k2023: 10.71 per 100k2024: 10.53 per 100k
Change over the period: +1 (+10.46%) Average annual rate: 0.5 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Asia 10.53 per 100k
World 11.12 per 100k
Bank branches — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 10.53 −0.18 −1.69%
2023 10.71 −0.52 −4.64%
2022 11.23 −0.56 −4.76%
2021 11.79 −0.33 −2.73%
2020 12.12 −0.61 −4.79%
2019 12.73 −1.04 −7.55%
2018 13.77 +0.46 +3.49%
2017 13.3 −0.31 −2.31%
2016 13.62 +0.87 +6.84%
2015 12.75 −0.38 −2.87%
2014 13.12 +0.68 +5.45%
2013 12.45 +0.28 +2.32%
2012 12.16 +0.13 +1.08%
2011 12.03 +0.05 +0.42%
2010 11.98 +0.38 +3.27%
2009 11.6 +0.27 +2.39%
2008 11.33 +0.74 +7.01%
2007 10.59 +0.55 +5.5%
2006 10.04 −0.61 −5.76%
2005 10.65 +1.12 +11.78%
2004 9.53

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.