Data for 2024
Saved at a Financial Institution or with Mobile Money, 2024
Figures for 2024, 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, 2024 covers 98 countries on 3 measures. Ghana is highest, at 67.198; Lebanon is lowest, at 3.159. The middle country reads 25.417. Against 2021, 79 values changed (73 up, 6 down), 19 countries joined, 44 left.
Saved at a Financial Institution or with Mobile Money · Data for 2024
HighestGhana
67.198LowestLebanon
3.159Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Saved at a Financial Institution or with Mobile Money, 2024, 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 98 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GHAWestern Africa | 67.198 | 60.9324 | 73.98 |
| 2 | CHNEastern Asia | 66.521 | 65.8796 | 67.13 |
| 3 | SENWestern Africa | 58.299 | 55.5580 | 61.31 |
| 4 | KENEastern Africa | 54.423 | 49.1445 | 59.94 |
| 5 | UGAEastern Africa | 53.645 | 42.3658 | 66.64 |
| 6 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 53.577 | 47.2123 | 60.17 |
| 7 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 52.498 | 51.3944 | 53.56 |
| 8 | ZMBEastern Africa | 50.122 | 44.1873 | 56.59 |
| 9 | BGREastern Europe | 47.704 | 48.0645 | 47.30 |
| 10 | POLEastern Europe | 45.824 | 44.8166 | 46.93 |
| 11 | HRVSouthern Europe | 45.770 | 42.0861 | 49.85 |
| 12 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 44.506 | 46.5047 | 42.41 |
| 13 | NAMSouthern Africa | 43.553 | 43.5636 | 43.54 |
| 14 | NGAWestern Africa | 43.350 | 36.4994 | 50.20 |
| 15 | SAUWestern Asia | 41.721 | 34.5617 | 45.68 |
| 16 | BWASouthern Africa | 40.117 | 37.6944 | 43.04 |
| 17 | GABMiddle Africa | 39.061 | 35.8590 | 42.10 |
| 18 | BRASouth America | 38.629 | 30.6316 | 47.34 |
| 19 | KAZCentral Asia | 37.723 | 33.6597 | 42.24 |
| 20 | MNGEastern Asia | 36.292 | 38.2139 | 34.16 |
| 21 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 35.804 | 33.9732 | 37.90 |
| 22 | ARGSouth America | 35.802 | 33.2873 | 38.62 |
| 23 | CIVWestern Africa | 35.645 | 30.1018 | 41.02 |
| 24 | CRICentral America | 34.946 | 30.6868 | 39.34 |
| 25 | LSOSouthern Africa | 34.530 | 34.0490 | 35.10 |
| 26 | BLZCentral America | 34.343 | 30.6875 | 38.41 |
| 27 | BFAWestern Africa | 32.944 | 27.4960 | 39.06 |
| 28 | PANCentral America | 32.893 | 29.9207 | 36.02 |
| 29 | MKDSouthern Europe | 32.358 | 28.5275 | 36.36 |
| 30 | TGOWestern Africa | 32.097 | 21.3657 | 43.26 |
| 31 | MUSEastern Africa | 31.859 | 28.2432 | 35.52 |
| 32 | PERSouth America | 31.366 | 25.7186 | 37.08 |
| 33 | CMRMiddle Africa | 31.245 | 24.6017 | 38.31 |
| 34 | MWIEastern Africa | 30.874 | 26.9500 | 35.16 |
| 35 | SWZSouthern Africa | 30.228 | 29.3334 | 31.40 |
| 36 | MLIWestern Africa | 30.211 | 22.4857 | 38.19 |
| 37 | LBRWestern Africa | 30.126 | 23.0493 | 37.18 |
| 38 | DOMCaribbean | 29.220 | 23.0219 | 35.65 |
| 39 | IRNSouthern Asia | 29.018 | 21.4105 | 36.61 |
| 40 | COGMiddle Africa | 28.607 | 21.5753 | 35.64 |
| 41 | TURWestern Asia | 27.919 | 19.6708 | 36.31 |
| 42 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 27.270 | 25.3148 | 29.21 |
| 43 | INDSouthern Asia | 26.986 | 22.8093 | 31.09 |
| 44 | CODMiddle Africa | 26.651 | 19.9084 | 32.95 |
| 45 | SRBSouthern Europe | 26.392 | 21.7991 | 31.42 |
| 46 | BOLSouth America | 26.343 | 23.3053 | 29.47 |
| 47 | ROUEastern Europe | 25.937 | 23.3733 | 28.71 |
| 48 | TZAEastern Africa | 25.908 | 22.3115 | 29.96 |
| 49 | ETHEastern Africa | 25.786 | 21.2840 | 30.59 |
| 50 | COLSouth America | 25.048 | 19.6703 | 30.90 |
| 51 | GMBWestern Africa | 24.774 | 23.1675 | 26.51 |
| 52 | BIHSouthern Europe | 24.125 | 21.4649 | 26.93 |
| 53 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 23.914 | 26.8976 | 20.84 |
| 54 | OMNWestern Asia | 23.724 | 19.3126 | 25.83 |
| 55 | MNESouthern Europe | 23.481 | 17.6035 | 29.70 |
| 56 | BENWestern Africa | 23.367 | 20.2078 | 26.96 |
| 57 | GINWestern Africa | 23.332 | 19.4503 | 27.21 |
| 58 | VENSouth America | 23.227 | 18.7434 | 27.75 |
| 59 | LKASouthern Asia | 23.218 | 21.3711 | 25.31 |
| 60 | ECUSouth America | 22.332 | 16.3495 | 28.92 |
| 61 | SLEWestern Africa | 22.005 | 19.9256 | 24.22 |
| 62 | TUNNorthern Africa | 21.717 | 14.7260 | 29.01 |
| 63 | NPLSouthern Asia | 20.825 | 20.1001 | 21.63 |
| 64 | UKREastern Europe | 20.727 | 18.4140 | 23.19 |
| 65 | COMEastern Africa | 20.203 | 13.6621 | 27.69 |
| 66 | MOZEastern Africa | 19.819 | 12.5681 | 27.13 |
| 67 | PRYSouth America | 19.634 | 15.6369 | 23.85 |
| 68 | KGZCentral Asia | 19.545 | 20.3649 | 18.66 |
| 69 | GEOWestern Asia | 18.692 | 18.5421 | 18.87 |
| 70 | HNDCentral America | 18.141 | 13.8491 | 23.45 |
| 71 | MEXCentral America | 17.341 | 11.5421 | 23.63 |
| 72 | AZEWestern Asia | 16.962 | 13.4344 | 20.69 |
| 73 | DZANorthern Africa | 16.552 | 10.0135 | 22.85 |
| 74 | MRTWestern Africa | 16.107 | 14.5577 | 17.84 |
| 75 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 15.957 | 17.6847 | 14.23 |
| 76 | LBYNorthern Africa | 15.876 | 14.1356 | 17.59 |
| 77 | XKXSouthern Europe | 15.799 | 15.4700 | 16.15 |
| 78 | ALBSouthern Europe | 14.758 | 11.9150 | 17.87 |
| 79 | TCDMiddle Africa | 14.060 | 11.0889 | 17.18 |
| 80 | EGYNorthern Africa | 13.786 | 8.2124 | 19.24 |
| 81 | ZWEEastern Africa | 13.692 | 12.3833 | 15.18 |
| 82 | SLVCentral America | 13.629 | 6.8223 | 22.20 |
| 83 | PAKSouthern Asia | 12.662 | 3.3293 | 21.76 |
| 84 | MDGEastern Africa | 11.064 | 9.0565 | 13.24 |
| 85 | JORWestern Asia | 11.056 | 7.4271 | 14.41 |
| 86 | ARMWestern Asia | 10.838 | 10.3956 | 11.39 |
| 87 | GTMCentral America | 10.835 | 9.3212 | 12.50 |
| 88 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 10.648 | 9.0153 | 12.51 |
| 89 | BGDSouthern Asia | 10.620 | 9.4081 | 11.87 |
| 90 | IRQWestern Asia | 10.217 | 7.0932 | 13.14 |
| 91 | TJKCentral Asia | 10.149 | 6.9531 | 13.52 |
| 92 | PSEWestern Asia | 9.591 | — | — |
| 93 | NICCentral America | 9.327 | — | — |
| 94 | UZBCentral Asia | 9.193 | — | — |
| 95 | MDAEastern Europe | 7.073 | — | — |
| 96 | MARNorthern Africa | 6.093 | — | — |
| 97 | NERWestern Africa | 5.231 | — | — |
| 98 | LBNWestern Asia | 3.159 | — | — |
02In 2024
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Lowest
- 98
Lebanon3.159
- 97
Niger5.231
- 96
Morocco6.093
- 95
Moldova7.073
- 94
Uzbekistan9.193
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 25.417. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
032021 → 2024
Since 2021
- +19 / −44countries joined / left
- 79values changed, of 79 in both
- 73 · 6rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Fell most
Sri Lanka33.913 → 23.218−10.695
South Africa40.541 → 35.804−4.736
Morocco7.646 → 6.093−1.553
Laos17.206 → 15.957−1.248
Moldova8.043 → 7.073−0.970
Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.
04Caveats
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World Bank Group (2024). Saved at a Financial Institution or with Mobile Money, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/formal-saving/2024
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