What is the difference in commercial bank branches between IDA blend and Samoa?

18.39 per 100,000 adults, with Samoa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for IDA blend and Samoa?

21 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Financial Access Survey, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

IDA blend vs Samoa: Commercial bank branches

IDA blend

5.46 per 100,000 adults

in 2024

Samoa

23.85 per 100,000 adults

in 2024

IDA blend rank

33rd

Samoa rank

30th

Commercial bank branches over time

IDA blend
Samoa

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 23.85 per 100,000 adults against 5.46 per 100,000 adults in IDA blend, a difference of 18.39 per 100,000 adults.

That makes Samoa's figure about 4.4 times IDA blend's.

Across all 21 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.

IDA blend ranks 33rd and Samoa ranks 30th of 44 groups.

Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	IDA blend	Samoa	Difference	Ahead
2000s	3.62 per 100,000 adults	20.89 per 100,000 adults	17.27 per 100,000 adults	Samoa
2010s	5.01 per 100,000 adults	21.57 per 100,000 adults	16.55 per 100,000 adults	Samoa
2020s	5.07 per 100,000 adults	25.6 per 100,000 adults	20.53 per 100,000 adults	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher commercial bank branches, IDA blend or Samoa?: Samoa, at 23.85 per 100,000 adults against 5.46 per 100,000 adults in IDA blend as of 2024.
What is the difference in commercial bank branches between IDA blend and Samoa?: 18.39 per 100,000 adults, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA blend and Samoa?: 21 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2024.
How do IDA blend and Samoa rank globally for commercial bank branches?: IDA blend ranks 33rd and Samoa ranks 30th of 44 groups.
Where does this data come from?: Financial Access Survey, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults)
Unit: per 100,000 adults
Source: Financial Access Survey, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 231 places, 4,614 data points, 2004–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Commercial bank branches are retail locations of resident commercial banks and other resident banks that function as commercial banks that provide financial services to customers and are physically separated from the main office but not organized as legally separated subsidiaries.