Data for 2017

Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, 2017

Name: Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, 2017
Creator: World Bank Group
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Figures for 2017, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, 2017 covers 144 countries. Denmark is highest, at 99.92; South Sudan is lowest, at 8.57. The middle country reads 58.65. Against 2014, 132 values changed (104 up, 28 down), 12 countries joined, 9 left.

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Account Ownership at a Financial Institution · Data for 2017

HighestDenmark

99.92

LowestSouth Sudan

8.57

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

144countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
144distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, 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.

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Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, 2017: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.92
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.79
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.75
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.74
5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.73
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.64
7	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	99.52
8	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	99.18
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.14
10	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.77
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	98.64
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	98.43
13	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	98.24
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	98.16
15	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	97.99
16	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	97.93
17	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	97.53
18	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	97.36
19	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	96.37
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	95.34
21	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	95.28
22	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	94.85
23	France`FRA`Western Europe	94.00
24	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	93.98
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	93.79
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	93.76
27	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	93.22
28	United States`USA`Northern America	93.12
29	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	92.97
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	92.81
31	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	92.34
32	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	89.84
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	88.72
34	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	88.21
35	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	86.73
36	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	86.14
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	85.47
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	85.34
39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	84.18
40	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	82.88
41	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	82.61
42	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	81.59
43	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	81.57
44	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	81.16
45	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	80.99
46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	80.78
47	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	80.63
48	India`IND`Southern Asia	79.88
49	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	79.84
50	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	79.55
51	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	79.53
52	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	76.57
53	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	75.76
54	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	74.94
55	Chile`CHL`South America	74.35
56	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	73.65
57	Venezuela`VEN`South America	73.49
58	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	72.20
59	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	71.70
60	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	71.44
61	Brazil`BRA`South America	70.04
62	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	69.22
63	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	68.59
64	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	68.36
65	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	67.84
66	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	65.67
67	Uruguay`URY`South America	63.87
68	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	62.90
69	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	61.23
70	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	59.20
71	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	58.84
72	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	58.70
73	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	58.60
74	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	57.75
75	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	57.72
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	56.24
77	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	55.29
78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	54.41
79	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	52.27
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.25
81	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	51.03
82	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	50.05
83	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	50.02
84	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	48.86
85	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.71
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	48.65
87	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	47.76
88	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	47.02
89	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	46.75
90	Panama`PAN`Central America	46.49
91	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	45.86
92	Colombia`COL`South America	45.76
93	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	45.56
94	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	45.39
95	Honduras`HND`Central America	45.34
96	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	45.29
97	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	44.75
98	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	44.11
99	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	43.79
100	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	43.16
101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42.78
102	Peru`PER`South America	42.60
103	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	42.49
104	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	42.34
105	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	41.67
106	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	41.33
107	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	40.58
108	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	40.02
109	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	39.94
110	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	39.67
111	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	38.49
112	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	37.09
113	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	36.91
114	Mexico`MEX`Central America	36.04
115	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	35.71
116	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	35.42
117	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	34.83
118	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	34.59
119	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	34.50
120	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	33.71
121	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	32.78
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	32.62
123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	30.86
124	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	30.80
125	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	30.35
126	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	29.06
127	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	28.57
128	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	28.56
129	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	26.09
130	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	25.99
131	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	25.83
132	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	25.02
133	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	23.49
134	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	22.67
135	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	21.76
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	21.67
137	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	21.29
138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	20.87
139	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	19.81
140	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	17.87
141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	15.52
142	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	14.89
143	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	13.75
144	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	8.57

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark99.92
2Finland99.79
3Norway99.75
4Sweden99.74
5Canada99.73

Lowest

144South Sudan8.57
143Central African Republic13.75
142Afghanistan14.89
141Niger15.52
140Madagascar17.87

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 58.65. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2017

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+12 / −9countries joined / left
132values changed, of 132 in both
104 · 28rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Tajikistan11.46 → 47.02+35.57
Armenia17.67 → 47.76+30.09
Burkina Faso14.36 → 43.16+28.80
Togo18.25 → 45.29+27.04
Senegal15.42 → 42.34+26.92

Fell most

Serbia83.09 → 71.44−11.65
Sri Lanka82.69 → 73.65−9.04
Algeria50.48 → 42.78−7.70
El Salvador36.72 → 30.35−6.37
Nigeria44.44 → 39.67−4.78

+ Central African Republic

+ Gambia

+ Laos

+ Liberia

+ Libya

+ Lesotho

+ Maldives

+ Mozambique

+ Paraguay

+ South Sudan

+ Turkmenistan

+ Trinidad and Tobago

− Angola

− Burundi

− Belize

− Bhutan

− Jamaica

− Puerto Rico

− Sudan

− Somalia

− Yemen

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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

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