Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Bank accounts per 1,000 adults was 903.43 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Bangladesh, 2004–2020
Source: Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
In 2020, bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Bangladesh stood at 903.43. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.4% on the previous year and up 170.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Bangladesh peaked at 903.43 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 255.65, in 2004.
Bangladesh ranks 38th of 103 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 255.65 | — |
| 2005 | 262.28 | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 266.91 | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 271.57 | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 277.09 | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 278.99 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 334.17 | +19.8% |
| 2011 | 477.37 | +42.9% |
| 2012 | 547.78 | +14.8% |
| 2013 | 527 | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 535.32 | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 653.33 | +22.0% |
| 2016 | 696.01 | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 730.77 | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 788.38 | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 849.06 | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 903.43 | +6.4% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 903.43 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 408.53, 2.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Bangladesh 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +42.9% | 334.17 | 477.37 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 268.75 | 255.65 | 278.99 | 6 |
| 2010s | 613.92 | 334.17 | 849.06 | 10 |
| 2020s | 903.43 | 903.43 | 903.43 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More financial sector data for Bangladesh
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 1.05 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0.0537 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 0.7636 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 1.05 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0.0537 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Bangladesh?
- Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Bangladesh was 903.43 in 2020, according to Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank accounts per 1,000 adults recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 903.43 in 2020.
- What is the lowest bank accounts per 1,000 adults recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 255.65 in 2004.
- How does Bangladesh rank for bank accounts per 1,000 adults?
- Bangladesh ranks 38th out of 103 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank accounts per 1,000 adults rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 170.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Bank accounts per 1,000 adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
For each country calculated as: 1,000*reported number of depositors/adult population in the reporting country.