Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Mauritius
Mauritius: Bank accounts per 1,000 adults was 1,924 in 2020. ▬ Flat
Latest (2020)
1,924
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
7th
of 103 countries
All-time high
1,956
in 2015
All-time low
1,837
in 2016
Years of data
6
2015–2020
Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Mauritius, 2015–2020
Source: Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
In 2020, bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Mauritius stood at 1,924.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
That places Mauritius 7th out of 103 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.
Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,956 | — |
| 2016 | 1,837 | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 1,891 | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 1,876 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 1,914 | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 1,924 | +0.5% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 1,924 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 944.31, 2.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 1,924 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 194.06, 9.9× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,895 | 1,837 | 1,956 | 5 |
| 2020s | 1,924 | 1,924 | 1,924 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
More financial sector data for Mauritius
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 7.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0031 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 40.66 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 2.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0023 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 29.69 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 7.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0031 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 40.66 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 2.39 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Mauritius?
- Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Mauritius was 1,924 in 2020, according to Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank accounts per 1,000 adults recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 1,956 in 2015.
- What is the lowest bank accounts per 1,000 adults recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,837 in 2016.
- How does Mauritius rank for bank accounts per 1,000 adults?
- Mauritius ranks 7th out of 103 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank accounts per 1,000 adults rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.