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Account Ownership Among Women, 2017

Figures for 2017, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

This is the share of women who have an account at a bank or other financial institution, or who used a mobile-money service in the past year — financial inclusion measured for women, from the World Bank's Global Findex survey. The men's rate is stored beside it, so the gap between the two can be read directly.

Account Ownership Among Women, 2017 covers 143 countries on 2 measures. 3 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Pakistan is lowest, at 7.025. The middle country reads 54.143. Against 2014, 126 values changed (94 up, 32 down), 15 countries joined, 7 left.

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Account Ownership Among Women · Data for 2017

Highest3 countries share it

100.000

LowestPakistan

7.025

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Account Ownership Among Women, 2017, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 143 countries · select a heading to sort

Account Ownership Among Women, 2017: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
=1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe100.00099.833
=1NorwayNORNorthern Europe100.00099.493
=1SwedenSWENorthern Europe100.00099.481
4CanadaCANNorthern America99.85399.592
5NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe99.83399.439
6FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.586100.000
7New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand99.34198.994
8GermanyDEUWestern Europe99.19999.079
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand99.19599.855
10SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe98.85797.982
11BelgiumBELWestern Europe98.81898.449
12AustriaAUTWestern Europe98.37697.935
13EstoniaESTNorthern Europe98.37597.547
14LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe98.17799.347
15JapanJPNEastern Asia98.06598.457
16MaltaMLTSouthern Europe96.96597.776
17SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe96.93998.155
18SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia96.31399.683
19United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe96.07396.674
20IrelandIRLNorthern Europe95.30795.375
21MongoliaMNGEastern Asia94.95490.812
22Hong KongHKGEastern Asia94.70295.993
23South KoreaKOREastern Asia94.68595.018
24IsraelISRWestern Asia93.70091.895
25United StatesUSANorthern America92.68693.570

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Denmarkshared100.000
  2. 1Norwayshared100.000
  3. 1Swedenshared100.000
  4. 4Canada99.853
  5. 5Netherlands99.833

Lowest

  1. 143Pakistan7.025
  2. 142Afghanistan7.161
  3. 141Central African Republic9.718
  4. 140Niger10.910
  5. 139Chad14.850

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 54.143. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032014 → 2017

Since 2014

  • +15 / −7countries joined / left
  • 126values changed, of 128 in both
  • 94 · 32rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Afghanistan+ Central African Republic+ Guinea+ Gambia+ Laos+ Liberia+ Libya+ Lesotho+ Madagascar+ Maldives+ Mozambique+ Niger+ Paraguay+ Turkmenistan+ Trinidad and Tobago− Angola− Belize− Bhutan− Jamaica− Puerto Rico− Sudan− Somalia

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 141 distinct values among 143

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 countries share 100.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 143 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2017). Account Ownership Among Women, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/account-ownership-women/2017

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