Bank branches in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 10.22 per 100k. Since 2004, the indicator has fallen by 6.9%.
2004–2024 · per 100,000 adults
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries
| Year | per 100k | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.22 | −0.15 | −1.48% |
| 2023 | 10.37 | −0.19 | −1.81% |
| 2022 | 10.57 | −0.45 | −4.09% |
| 2021 | 11.02 | −0.12 | −1.05% |
| 2020 | 11.13 | −0.3 | −2.66% |
| 2019 | 11.44 | −0.17 | −1.42% |
| 2018 | 11.6 | −0.06 | −0.52% |
| 2017 | 11.66 | −0.18 | −1.49% |
| 2016 | 11.84 | −0.03 | −0.21% |
| 2015 | 11.87 | +0.13 | +1.14% |
| 2014 | 11.73 | +0.22 | +1.89% |
| 2013 | 11.51 | +0.18 | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 11.33 | −3.53 | −23.77% |
| 2011 | 14.87 | +1.52 | +11.4% |
| 2010 | 13.35 | +0.11 | +0.86% |
| 2009 | 13.23 | +0.33 | +2.58% |
| 2008 | 12.9 | +0.92 | +7.69% |
| 2007 | 11.98 | +0.57 | +4.96% |
| 2006 | 11.41 | +0.06 | +0.51% |
| 2005 | 11.35 | +0.38 | +3.47% |
| 2004 | 10.97 | — | — |
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.