Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Colombia
Colombia: Bank accounts per 1,000 adults was 1,596 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Colombia, 2009–2021
Source: Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
In 2021, bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Colombia stood at 1,596.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.5% on the previous year and up 45.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Colombia peaked at 1,804 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,037, in 2010.
Colombia ranks 11th of 103 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Colombia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1,069 | — |
| 2010 | 1,037 | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 1,098 | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 1,166 | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 1,216 | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 1,297 | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 1,376 | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 1,401 | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 1,487 | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 1,549 | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 1,650 | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 1,804 | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 1,596 | -11.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,069 | 1,069 | 1,069 | 1 |
| 2010s | 1,328 | 1,037 | 1,650 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,700 | 1,596 | 1,804 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More financial sector data for Colombia
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 18.17 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 2,123 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 11.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 5.26 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 479.38 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 44.54 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 47.57 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 48.05 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 48.04 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 899.28 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Colombia?
- Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Colombia was 1,596 in 2021, according to Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank accounts per 1,000 adults recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,804 in 2020.
- What is the lowest bank accounts per 1,000 adults recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,037 in 2010.
- How does Colombia rank for bank accounts per 1,000 adults?
- Colombia ranks 11th out of 103 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank accounts per 1,000 adults rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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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For each country calculated as: 1,000*reported number of depositors/adult population in the reporting country.