Data for 2014

Saved at a Financial Institution or with Mobile Money, 2014

Name: Saved at a Financial Institution or with Mobile Money, 2014
Creator: World Bank Group
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Figures for 2014, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

This is the share of adults who put money aside in a bank, a similar financial institution or a mobile money account in the past year, from the World Bank's Global Findex survey. Saving formally keeps money safer than cash at home and is one of the ways an account starts to matter in someone's life.

Saved at a Financial Institution or with Mobile Money, 2014 covers 142 countries on 3 measures. Norway is highest, at 78.410; Yemen is lowest, at 0.861. The middle country reads 15.302. Against 2011, 131 values changed (101 up, 30 down), 11 countries joined, 13 left.

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Saved at a Financial Institution or with Mobile Money · Data for 2014

HighestNorway

78.410

LowestYemen

0.861

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

142countries
3measures per country
2014the year it describes
142distinct values16 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Saved at a Financial Institution or with Mobile Money, 2014, 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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Saved at a Financial Institution or with Mobile Money, 2014: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.410	80.896	75.93
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	75.144	74.475	75.83
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	70.572	71.200	69.87
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	64.688	62.998	66.43
5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	62.630	59.530	65.96
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	61.428	59.337	63.66
7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	60.422	65.717	54.57
8	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	60.371	65.483	54.95
9	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	59.862	60.975	58.73
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	58.929	54.969	63.03
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	57.905	57.630	58.19
12	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	56.963	58.680	55.10
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	55.509	51.620	59.55
14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	55.352	47.348	63.90
15	United States`USA`Northern America	54.114	53.466	54.77
16	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	53.471	54.580	52.31
17	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	52.714	54.240	51.11
18	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	52.299	52.789	51.79
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	52.161	46.356	58.43
20	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	50.040	47.633	52.95
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	49.414	47.740	51.10
22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	48.148	38.829	57.58
23	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	46.207	46.685	45.71
24	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	43.963	45.260	42.56
25	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	41.553	34.083	49.57
26	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	41.105	41.147	41.06
27	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	40.597	37.913	43.69
28	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	39.289	39.788	38.78
29	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	37.570	36.015	39.23
30	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	35.533	34.300	36.86
31	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	34.684	25.128	39.91
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	34.029	23.621	45.33
33	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	33.771	32.284	35.12
34	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	33.211	36.356	29.75
35	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	32.726	31.185	34.44
36	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	32.507	31.382	33.70
37	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	32.117	20.733	36.54
38	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	31.641	33.413	29.48
39	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	30.858	28.494	33.50
40	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	30.184	27.928	32.75
41	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	29.691	27.059	32.48
42	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	28.261	27.933	28.66
43	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	27.283	27.428	27.13
44	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	27.070	21.403	32.47
45	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	26.687	24.559	29.04
46	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	26.609	24.658	28.59
47	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	26.563	26.763	26.36
48	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	26.523	24.919	28.16
49	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	25.534	20.215	30.96
50	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	25.503	19.778	29.61
51	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	25.307	23.350	27.73
52	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	24.900	26.069	23.57
53	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24.192	21.663	26.93
54	Bolivia`BOL`South America	23.532	20.691	26.52
55	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	23.496	19.064	28.32
56	Venezuela`VEN`South America	22.789	22.345	23.27
57	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	22.568	21.494	23.53
58	Belize`BLZ`Central America	22.085	24.921	19.22
59	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	21.959	21.435	22.52
60	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.633	19.603	23.62
61	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	20.807	19.382	22.38
62	Panama`PAN`Central America	20.356	19.505	21.21
63	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	19.297	17.925	20.87
64	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	18.590	18.846	18.33
65	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	18.009	17.009	19.06
66	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	17.473	12.046	23.47
67	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	16.844	16.350	17.36
68	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	16.778	14.588	19.00
69	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	16.426	14.092	19.12
70	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	15.537	9.196	20.08
71	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	15.457	16.513	14.11
72	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15.146	13.412	17.08
73	Chile`CHL`South America	15.006	12.877	17.38
74	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	14.876	14.147	15.76
75	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	14.860	9.496	20.09
76	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	14.786	15.888	13.63
77	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	14.606	13.663	15.59
78	Honduras`HND`Central America	14.537	11.601	17.57
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	14.482	12.765	16.32
80	India`IND`Southern Asia	14.360	10.129	18.43
81	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	14.341	12.660	16.20
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	14.263	14.011	14.53
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.007	12.880	15.21
84	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	13.775	5.725	21.85
85	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	13.743	10.171	17.39
86	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	13.635	12.368	14.97
87	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	13.271	10.650	16.12
88	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	12.790	10.395	15.38
89	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	12.618	11.627	13.67
90	Uruguay`URY`South America	12.461	9.608	15.75
91	Brazil`BRA`South America	12.329	9.901	14.91
92	Peru`PER`South America	12.262	8.731	15.90
93	Colombia`COL`South America	12.253	8.368	16.43
94	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10.943	8.428	13.68
95	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	10.568	9.845	11.33
96	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10.314	8.562	12.09
97	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9.786	—	—
98	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.377	—	—
99	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	9.111	—	—
100	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	9.004	—	—
101	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.852	—	—
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	8.822	—	—
103	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	8.718	—	—
104	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	8.661	—	—
105	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	8.056	—	—
106	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	8.048	—	—
107	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	7.841	—	—
108	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	7.716	—	—
109	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	7.483	—	—
110	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7.470	—	—
111	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7.446	—	—
112	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	7.212	—	—
113	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	7.144	—	—
114	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.054	—	—
115	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.834	—	—
116	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6.665	—	—
117	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.570	—	—
118	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5.332	—	—
119	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	5.287	—	—
120	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	5.194	—	—
121	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	5.098	—	—
122	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4.858	—	—
123	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4.722	—	—
124	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.629	—	—
125	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	4.083	—	—
126	Argentina`ARG`South America	4.076	—	—
127	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	4.001	—	—
128	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3.755	—	—
129	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.585	—	—
130	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3.566	—	—
131	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3.526	—	—
132	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3.278	—	—
133	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.260	—	—
134	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.888	—	—
135	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2.874	—	—
136	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2.819	—	—
137	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.982	—	—
138	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.837	—	—
139	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.645	—	—
140	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1.543	—	—
141	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.956	—	—
142	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.861	—	—

02In 2014

At either end

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

Highest

1Norway78.410
2Sweden75.144
3New Zealand70.572
4Denmark64.688
5Canada62.630

Lowest

142Yemen0.861
141Georgia0.956
140Tajikistan1.543
139Armenia1.645
138Uzbekistan1.837

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 15.302. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestNorway80.896
LowestAlgeria5.725
Middle country: 23.486
Male
HighestNorway75.93
LowestMauritania11.33
Middle country: 28.24

032011 → 2014

Since 2011

+11 / −13countries joined / left
131values changed, of 131 in both
101 · 30rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Israel24.752 → 53.471+28.719
Italy15.475 → 34.029+18.553
Bahrain16.293 → 34.684+18.391
Croatia12.231 → 27.283+15.052
Spain35.047 → 48.148+13.100

Fell most

Kuwait40.345 → 25.503−14.842
Singapore58.410 → 46.207−12.203
Zimbabwe17.268 → 5.194−12.074
Bangladesh16.637 → 7.446−9.191
Haiti18.045 → 9.377−8.668

+ Belize

+ Bhutan

+ Switzerland

+ Côte d’Ivoire

+ Ethiopia

+ Myanmar

+ Namibia

+ Norway

+ Puerto Rico

+ Somalia

+ Tunisia

− Central African Republic

− Comoros

− Djibouti

− Laos

− Liberia

− Lesotho

− Oman

− Paraguay

− Qatar

− Eswatini

− Syria

− Turkmenistan

− Trinidad and Tobago

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

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World Bank Group (2014). Saved at a Financial Institution or with Mobile Money, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/formal-saving/2014

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