Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Uruguay
Uruguay: Bank accounts per 1,000 adults was 1,102 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Uruguay, 2005–2020
Source: Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
In 2020, bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Uruguay stood at 1,102. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 82.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Uruguay peaked at 1,102 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 339.49, in 2005.
Uruguay ranks 30th of 103 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 339.49 | — |
| 2006 | 414.52 | +22.1% |
| 2007 | 444.07 | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 500.7 | +12.8% |
| 2009 | 535.49 | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 604.97 | +13.0% |
| 2011 | 627.4 | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 669.05 | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 741.92 | +10.9% |
| 2014 | 870.64 | +17.3% |
| 2015 | 866.61 | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 879.64 | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 958.3 | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 1,044 | +9.0% |
| 2019 | 1,087 | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 1,102 | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 446.85 | 339.49 | 535.49 | 5 |
| 2010s | 834.96 | 604.97 | 1,087 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,102 | 1,102 | 1,102 | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Uruguay
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 12.2 % 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 4.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.1535 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 3,872 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 4.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 4,093 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 4.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 4,096 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Uruguay?
- Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Uruguay was 1,102 in 2020, according to Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank accounts per 1,000 adults recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1,102 in 2020.
- What is the lowest bank accounts per 1,000 adults recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 339.49 in 2005.
- How does Uruguay rank for bank accounts per 1,000 adults?
- Uruguay ranks 30th out of 103 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank accounts per 1,000 adults rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 82.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.