Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Eswatini
Eswatini: Bank accounts per 1,000 adults was 179.49 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Eswatini, 2004–2020
Source: Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 179.49 for bank accounts per 1,000 adults in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and down 65.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Eswatini peaked at 611.92 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 174.56, in 2019.
Eswatini ranks 83rd of 103 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 361.12 | — |
| 2005 | 380.54 | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 396.87 | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 400.37 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 473.47 | +18.3% |
| 2009 | 515.91 | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 513.81 | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 525.38 | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 572.8 | +9.0% |
| 2013 | 507.97 | -11.3% |
| 2014 | 553.04 | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 584.67 | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 556.74 | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 611.92 | +9.9% |
| 2018 | 472.41 | -22.8% |
| 2019 | 174.56 | -63.0% |
| 2020 | 179.49 | +2.8% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 179.49 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 408.53, 44% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 179.49 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 194.06, 92% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | -63.0% | 472.41 | 174.56 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 421.38 | 361.12 | 515.91 | 6 |
| 2010s | 507.33 | 174.56 | 611.92 | 10 |
| 2020s | 179.49 | 179.49 | 179.49 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 80 Burkina Faso 194.06 compare
- 81 Afghanistan 183.29 compare
- 82 Mali 180.99 compare
- 84 Mauritania 173.6 compare
- 85 Malawi 169.67 compare
- 86 Sierra Leone 156.77 compare
More financial sector data for Eswatini
- 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 0.0017 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 7.15 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 0.0013 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 5.22 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 0.0017 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 7.15 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Eswatini?
- Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Eswatini was 179.49 in 2020, according to Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank accounts per 1,000 adults recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 611.92 in 2017.
- What is the lowest bank accounts per 1,000 adults recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 174.56 in 2019.
- How does Eswatini rank for bank accounts per 1,000 adults?
- Eswatini ranks 83rd out of 103 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank accounts per 1,000 adults rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.