Data for 2021

Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days, 2021

Name: Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days, 2021
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data360files.worldbank.org/data360-data/metadata/WB_FINDEX/WB_FINDEX_FIN24ASD_ND.json

Figures for 2021, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

This is the share of adults who say they could find money for an emergency within a month without great difficulty, from the World Bank's Global Findex survey. It asks about a household's cushion against a shock — a job lost, an illness, a failed harvest — rather than about its bank account.

Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days, 2021 covers 123 countries on 3 measures. Sweden is highest, at 93.687; South Sudan is lowest, at 16.490. The middle country reads 59.006.

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Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days · Data for 2021

HighestSweden

93.687

LowestSouth Sudan

16.490

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

123countries
3measures per country
2021the year it describes
123distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days, 2021, 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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Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days, 2021: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	93.687	91.485	95.799
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	89.323	89.220	89.431
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	89.091	89.183	89.000
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	88.820	90.890	86.841
5	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	88.302	85.484	91.070
6	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	88.207	86.020	90.470
7	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	87.572	87.609	87.527
8	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	86.480	82.944	90.576
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	86.032	87.218	84.808
10	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	85.541	84.433	86.711
11	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	85.047	83.359	86.838
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	84.479	85.870	82.979
13	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	84.349	85.387	83.277
14	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	84.217	79.082	89.755
15	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	83.730	86.313	81.431
16	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	82.288	82.170	82.368
17	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	81.978	78.376	85.720
18	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	81.707	78.501	85.166
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	81.592	76.850	86.485
20	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	80.981	76.785	85.169
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	80.954	77.775	83.846
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	79.672	77.153	82.280
23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	79.662	79.160	80.195
24	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79.228	77.533	81.011
25	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	78.920	76.129	82.230
26	France`FRA`Western Europe	78.407	79.050	77.708
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	78.203	71.222	84.698
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	78.069	76.769	79.364
29	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	77.796	70.552	85.476
30	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	77.461	74.320	80.701
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	76.932	76.188	77.711
32	United States`USA`Northern America	76.112	71.026	81.270
33	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	75.684	77.228	74.039
34	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	75.262	67.839	84.305
35	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	75.027	65.685	85.562
36	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	73.783	72.026	75.849
37	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	72.699	70.563	74.996
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	72.216	72.326	72.100
39	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	71.510	66.493	76.649
40	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	70.852	69.338	72.351
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	70.295	66.518	74.043
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	68.842	60.382	78.186
43	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	68.393	63.995	73.248
44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	68.360	63.756	73.210
45	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	65.293	62.045	68.957
46	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	65.228	63.110	67.565
47	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	64.321	62.726	66.350
48	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	63.686	59.021	68.290
49	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	63.330	54.218	73.140
50	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	63.154	58.252	68.276
51	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	62.869	58.690	67.388
52	Bolivia`BOL`South America	62.863	52.933	72.011
53	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	62.648	55.114	71.293
54	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	62.541	59.035	66.385
55	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	62.334	61.188	63.539
56	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	61.955	56.562	67.492
57	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	61.433	60.240	62.811
58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	61.320	52.030	71.139
59	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	61.169	60.229	62.105
60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	60.985	56.853	65.340
61	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	59.704	59.036	60.379
62	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	59.006	50.365	68.154
63	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	58.858	69.282	55.006
64	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	58.773	52.559	66.030
65	Peru`PER`South America	58.420	52.391	64.930
66	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	58.128	54.654	61.469
67	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	57.934	54.015	61.940
68	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	57.744	54.637	60.819
69	Chile`CHL`South America	57.366	52.349	62.995
70	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	57.169	52.918	61.840
71	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	55.706	51.872	59.712
72	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	55.355	52.685	58.357
73	Ecuador`ECU`South America	54.466	43.898	65.337
74	Uruguay`URY`South America	53.824	49.847	58.242
75	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	53.038	45.381	60.950
76	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	51.900	46.544	57.710
77	Argentina`ARG`South America	51.784	46.317	57.093
78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	51.303	49.245	53.112
79	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	50.828	45.296	57.189
80	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	50.647	47.934	53.515
81	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	50.308	42.677	58.459
82	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	49.586	40.546	58.563
83	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	49.473	40.764	59.249
84	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	49.388	45.574	53.348
85	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	49.346	41.865	56.776
86	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	49.092	42.282	55.864
87	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	49.081	43.584	54.871
88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	48.860	42.370	55.516
89	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	48.858	44.207	54.213
90	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	48.671	47.933	49.512
91	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	48.053	48.154	47.939
92	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	47.764	45.114	50.624
93	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	47.666	38.300	57.803
94	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	47.343	43.165	51.751
95	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	47.246	38.881	56.105
96	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	45.841	42.074	49.996
97	Brazil`BRA`South America	45.156	35.481	54.350
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	45.131	40.721	51.102
99	Venezuela`VEN`South America	44.616	35.102	54.006
100	Paraguay`PRY`South America	43.999	43.023	44.978
101	Colombia`COL`South America	43.941	36.884	51.571
102	Honduras`HND`Central America	42.911	34.058	53.445
103	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	42.698	38.100	47.127
104	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	42.317	30.819	54.221
105	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	41.866	37.807	46.067
106	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	41.103	31.229	50.724
107	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	40.902	31.853	50.538
108	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	40.467	31.334	50.683
109	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	40.153	38.105	42.279
110	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	39.936	36.741	43.183
111	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	37.609	27.682	48.287
112	Panama`PAN`Central America	37.413	32.214	42.950
113	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	36.701	33.217	40.204
114	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	36.491	28.429	44.384
115	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	35.961	34.049	38.065
116	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	34.793	32.251	37.698
117	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	32.991	28.419	37.851
118	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	32.332	29.959	34.846
119	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	32.246	27.515	37.262
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	31.279	23.848	38.214
121	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	29.949	23.379	36.251
122	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	21.188	17.639	25.164
123	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	16.490	15.308	17.842

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

1Sweden93.687
2Finland89.323
3Denmark89.091
4Norway88.820
5Iceland88.302

Lowest

123South Sudan16.490
122Zambia21.188
121Pakistan29.949
120India31.279
119Mali32.246

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 59.006. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSweden91.485
LowestSouth Sudan15.308
Middle country: 54.218
Male
HighestSweden95.799
LowestSouth Sudan17.842
Middle country: 63.539

03Caveats

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Phone surveys during COVID-19
Because of COVID-19 mobility restrictions, Gallup interviewed by phone in 67 economies that had been surveyed face to face in 2017. They were chosen by population size, phone coverage, infection rates and whether a phone survey was workable.
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World Bank Group (2021). Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/emergency-funds/2021

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