ATMs per 100,000 adults (Financial Access) in Nigeria
Nigeria: ATMs per 100,000 adults (Financial Access) was 16.15 in 2020. ▲ Rising
ATMs per 100,000 adults in Nigeria, 2005–2020
Source: Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 16.15 for atms per 100,000 adults in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.1% on the previous year and up 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, atms per 100,000 adults in Nigeria peaked at 17.19 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6801, in 2005.
Nigeria ranks 134th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
ATMs per 100,000 adults (Financial Access) in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.6801 | — |
| 2006 | 1.78 | +161.7% |
| 2007 | 4.48 | +151.5% |
| 2008 | 8.64 | +93.0% |
| 2009 | 11.46 | +32.7% |
| 2010 | 11.23 | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 11.94 | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 11.49 | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 13.31 | +15.8% |
| 2014 | 16.19 | +21.6% |
| 2015 | 16.21 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 16.74 | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 16.33 | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 16.93 | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 17.19 | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 16.15 | -6.1% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 16.15 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15.6, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 16.15 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6.42, 2.5× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ATMs per 100,000 adults (Financial Access) in Nigeria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +161.7% | 0.6801 | 1.78 |
| 2007 | +151.5% | 1.78 | 4.48 |
| 2008 | +93.0% | 4.48 | 8.64 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.41 | 0.6801 | 11.46 | 5 |
| 2010s | 14.76 | 11.23 | 17.19 | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.15 | 16.15 | 16.15 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More financial sector data for Nigeria
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 1.01 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 0.7387 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 1.01 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is atms per 100,000 adults in Nigeria?
- Atms per 100,000 adults in Nigeria was 16.15 in 2020, according to Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest atms per 100,000 adults recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 17.19 in 2019.
- What is the lowest atms per 100,000 adults recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6801 in 2005.
- How does Nigeria rank for atms per 100,000 adults?
- Nigeria ranks 134th out of 187 countries with data for 2020.
- Is atms per 100,000 adults rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of ATMs per 100,000 adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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For each country calculated as: 100,000*Number of ATMs/adult population in the reporting country.