Bank branches — all countries

Bank branches — Zimbabwe

Bank branches in Zimbabwe in 2024 — 5.46 per 100k. Ranked 121 in the world out of 153. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 94%.

2024 5.46 per 100k −2.51% vs 2023
World rank 121of 153
Period maximum 14.5 per 100k2014
Period minimum 2.81 per 100k2004

Trend over time

2004–2024 · per 100,000 adults

Bank branches — Zimbabwe, 2004–2024051015200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242004: 2.81 per 100k2005: 3.82 per 100k2006: 3.58 per 100k2007: 3.98 per 100k2008: 3.32 per 100k2009: 4.42 per 100k2010: 4.68 per 100k2011: 6.07 per 100k2012: 12.68 per 100k2013: 13.44 per 100k2014: 14.5 per 100k2015: 5.9 per 100k2016: 5.68 per 100k2017: 5.49 per 100k2018: 5.31 per 100k2019: 3.62 per 100k2020: 4.01 per 100k2021: 5.99 per 100k2022: 5.72 per 100k2023: 5.6 per 100k2024: 5.46 per 100k
Change over the period: +2.65 (+93.97%) Average annual rate: 3.37 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zimbabwe 5.46 per 100k
World 11.12 per 100k
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.01 per 100k
Eastern Africa computed 3.14 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 11.99 per 100k
Bank branches — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 5.46 −0.14 −2.51%
2023 5.6 −0.12 −2.15%
2022 5.72 −0.27 −4.44%
2021 5.99 +1.98 +49.36%
2020 4.01 +0.39 +10.65%
2019 3.62 −1.69 −31.8%
2018 5.31 −0.17 −3.16%
2017 5.49 −0.2 −3.44%
2016 5.68 −0.21 −3.63%
2015 5.9 −8.6 −59.33%
2014 14.5 +1.06 +7.86%
2013 13.44 +0.76 +6%
2012 12.68 +6.62 +109.07%
2011 6.07 +1.39 +29.64%
2010 4.68 +0.26 +5.87%
2009 4.42 +1.1 +33.13%
2008 3.32 −0.66 −16.61%
2007 3.98 +0.41 +11.33%
2006 3.58 −0.24 −6.35%
2005 3.82 +1 +35.66%
2004 2.81

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.