Bank branches — all countries

Bank branches — Western Europe

Bank branches in Western Europe in 2024 — 24.22 per 100k. Since 2004, the indicator has fallen by 6.1%.

2024 24.22 per 100k +41.83% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 31.12 per 100k2006
Period minimum 17.08 per 100k2023

Trend over time

2004–2024 · per 100,000 adults

Bank branches — Western Europe, 2004–20241520253035200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242004: 25.79 per 100k2005: 24.72 per 100k2006: 31.12 per 100k2007: 30.6 per 100k2008: 30.29 per 100k2009: 28.88 per 100k2010: 28.33 per 100k2011: 28.33 per 100k2012: 26.59 per 100k2013: 26.42 per 100k2014: 25.66 per 100k2015: 25.01 per 100k2016: 24.24 per 100k2017: 23.31 per 100k2018: 21.85 per 100k2019: 21.17 per 100k2020: 19.61 per 100k2021: 18.62 per 100k2022: 17.83 per 100k2023: 17.08 per 100k2024: 24.22 per 100k
Change over the period: −1.57 (−6.09%) Average annual rate: -0.31 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Europe 24.22 per 100k
World 11.12 per 100k
Bank branches — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 24.22 +7.14 +41.83%
2023 17.08 −0.76 −4.25%
2022 17.83 −0.79 −4.23%
2021 18.62 −0.99 −5.05%
2020 19.61 −1.55 −7.35%
2019 21.17 −0.68 −3.11%
2018 21.85 −1.46 −6.28%
2017 23.31 −0.93 −3.82%
2016 24.24 −0.77 −3.08%
2015 25.01 −0.66 −2.56%
2014 25.66 −0.75 −2.85%
2013 26.42 −0.17 −0.64%
2012 26.59 −1.74 −6.13%
2011 28.33 −0.01 −0.02%
2010 28.33 −0.54 −1.88%
2009 28.88 −1.42 −4.67%
2008 30.29 −0.31 −1%
2007 30.6 −0.52 −1.66%
2006 31.12 +6.4 +25.87%
2005 24.72 −1.07 −4.14%
2004 25.79

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.