Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Bank accounts per 1,000 adults was 273,254 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Saudi Arabia, 2004–2021
Source: Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 273,254 for bank accounts per 1,000 adults in 2021. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.4% on the previous year and up 99.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Saudi Arabia peaked at 273,254 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 69,665, in 2004.
Saudi Arabia ranks 1st of 103 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 69,665 | — |
| 2005 | 82,359 | +18.2% |
| 2006 | 98,451 | +19.5% |
| 2007 | 106,486 | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 122,253 | +14.8% |
| 2009 | 134,633 | +10.1% |
| 2010 | 133,326 | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 137,191 | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 137,123 | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 148,394 | +8.2% |
| 2014 | 166,032 | +11.9% |
| 2015 | 191,739 | +15.5% |
| 2016 | 206,418 | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 218,937 | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 223,995 | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 238,657 | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 254,462 | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 273,254 | +7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 102,308 | 69,665 | 134,633 | 6 |
| 2010s | 180,181 | 133,326 | 238,657 | 10 |
| 2020s | 263,858 | 254,462 | 273,254 | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Saudi Arabia
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 3.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 0.2687 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.2487 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 8,588 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 0.2472 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 9,081 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 3.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 9,976 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Saudi Arabia?
- Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Saudi Arabia was 273,254 in 2021, according to Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank accounts per 1,000 adults recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 273,254 in 2021.
- What is the lowest bank accounts per 1,000 adults recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 69,665 in 2004.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for bank accounts per 1,000 adults?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 1st out of 103 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank accounts per 1,000 adults rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.