Bank branches per 100,000 adults by country

For each country calculated as: 100,000*reported number of depositors/adult population in the reporting country.

Countries reporting
183
Highest
1,501
Saudi Arabia
Lowest
0.41
Ukraine
Median
12.38
Years covered
18
2004–2021
Data points
3,005

What the numbers show

Bank branches per 100,000 adults is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 1,501 in Saudi Arabia; the lowest is 0.41 in Ukraine.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.38, and the mean is 25.85.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,662.

Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 293.2%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 82.4%).

Bank branches per 100,000 adults: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Saudi Arabia 1,501 2021 down 6.1% rising
2 Sweden 224.79 2021 down 50.1% falling
3 Trinidad and Tobago 176.95 2021 down 13.5% falling
4 United States 138.25 2021 down 17.7% falling
5 Bolivia 68.81 2020 up 239.3% volatile
6 Mongolia 62.59 2020 up 14.6% rising
7 Bulgaria 60.25 2020 down 34.4% falling
8 Luxembourg 59 2020 down 33.4% falling
9 Seychelles 46.63 2020 up 1.0% rising
10 Spain 45.53 2020 down 52.5% falling
11 Uzbekistan 42.44 2020 up 8.3% falling
12 Macao 39.49 2021 up 7.8% rising
13 South Africa 38.66 2021 down 33.8% rising
14 Italy 37.63 2020 down 35.6% falling
15 Saint Kitts and Nevis 37.1 2020 down 36.6% falling
16 Switzerland 37.03 2020 down 28.5% falling
17 Japan 33.89 2021 down 0.0% flat
18 France 33.27 2021 down 19.6% flat
19 Tonga 33.01 2018 up 41.4% rising
20 Georgia 31.72 2020 up 49.6% rising
21 Iran 31.09 2018 up 7.6% rising
22 Cape Verde 31.01 2020 down 0.6% rising
23 Cyprus 30.88 2020 down 46.7% falling
24 Portugal 30.71 2021 down 52.0% falling
25 Moldova 30.52 2020 down 38.0% falling
26 Bosnia and Herzegovina 29.85 2021 down 8.0% flat
27 San Marino 28.6 2021 down 51.9% falling
28 Iceland 28.11 2020 down 51.2% falling
29 Croatia 26.84 2021 down 25.3% falling
30 Belgium 26.23 2020 down 41.8% falling
31 Montenegro 25.75 2021 down 36.1% rising
32 Australia 25.43 2020 down 17.3% falling
33 United Kingdom 25.14 2013 down 13.4% falling
34 Bahamas 24.65 2020 down 36.7% falling
35 Russia 24.59 2020 down 29.9% falling
36 Armenia 24.55 2020 up 32.3% rising
37 Samoa 24.08 2020 down 4.8% rising
38 Guatemala 24.03 2021 down 31.5% rising
39 Malta 23.51 2021 down 43.3% falling
40 Hungary 23.36 2020 up 39.2% rising
41 Slovakia 23.32 2020 down 11.3% flat
42 Poland 23.21 2021 down 28.7% falling
43 Romania 22.56 2020 down 36.3% falling
44 North Macedonia 22.42 2021 down 7.8% rising
45 Tunisia 22.31 2020 up 36.1% rising
46 Nepal 22.27 2021 up 202.9% volatile
47 Grenada 22.15 2020 down 28.4% falling
48 Morocco 22.15 2021 up 1.5% rising
49 Vanuatu 21.14 2020 up 2.9% rising
50 Antigua and Barbuda 20.91 2020 down 44.3% falling
51 Canada 20.69 2021 down 14.5% falling
52 Sao Tome and Principe 20.61 2018 up 4.8% flat
53 Hong Kong 19.83 2021 down 16.8% falling
54 Panama 19.46 2021 down 14.1% falling
55 Bhutan 19.31 2019 up 41.5% rising
56 Ireland 19.2 2020 down 31.4% falling
57 Denmark 18.66 2020 down 54.3% falling
58 Sri Lanka 18.63 2015 up 106.8% rising
59 Albania 18.61 2020 down 22.9% rising
60 Lebanon 18.36 2021 down 29.4% falling
61 Czechia 18.3 2020 down 19.1% flat
62 Greece 18.22 2020 down 55.9% falling
63 Belize 18.03 2021 down 25.4% falling
64 Brazil 17.88 2020 down 4.2% flat
65 New Zealand 17.73 2021 down 47.7% falling
66 Brunei 17.6 2019 down 25.7% falling
67 Costa Rica 17.18 2020 down 14.3% rising
68 Venezuela 16.53 2015 up 3.6% flat
69 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16.16 2020 down 23.7% falling
70 Honduras 15.51 2021 down 19.8% flat
71 Mauritius 15.48 2020 down 27.4% falling
72 Serbia 15.45 2021 down 52.3% falling
73 Turkey 15.44 2020 down 13.6% rising
74 Dominica 15.42 2020 down 28.1% falling
75 Saint Lucia 15.27 2020 down 29.6% falling
76 Indonesia 15.22 2020 up 87.7% rising
77 Israel 15.2 2021 down 30.5% falling
78 India 14.74 2020 up 47.4% rising
79 El Salvador 14.64 2020 up 37.5% rising
80 Barbados 14.63 2020 down 21.1% falling
81 Oman 14.2 2020 down 30.4% falling
82 Jordan 14.09 2020 down 15.7% falling
83 Maldives 13.81 2020 up 17.9% rising
84 South Korea 13.65 2021 down 25.1% falling
85 Marshall Islands 13.4 2020 down 23.8% rising
86 Argentina 13.21 2020 up 1.3% flat
87 Kazakhstan 13.07 2021 up 293.2% volatile
88 Kuwait 13.01 2021 down 18.4% flat
89 Mexico 12.79 2020 down 9.2% rising
90 Colombia 12.78 2021 down 13.4% flat
91 Micronesia (country) 12.46 2021 down 16.4% flat
92 Cambodia 12.38 2021 up 189.6% rising
93 Austria 12.35 2021 down 18.4% falling
94 Chile 12.31 2020 down 29.1% falling
95 Dominican Republic 11.71 2020 up 13.5% rising
96 Suriname 11.39 2020 up 1.3% rising
97 Libya 11.36 2018 up 6.3% rising
98 Aruba 11.34 2020 down 45.9% falling
99 Mauritania 11.2 2020 up 161.2% rising
100 Lithuania 11.18 2021 down 41.1% falling
101 Namibia 10.78 2020 down 15.9% flat
102 Fiji 10.69 2020 down 4.1% rising
103 Thailand 10.59 2020 down 3.8% rising
104 Vietnam 10.42 2021 down 12.0% rising
105 Pakistan 10.31 2020 up 23.0% rising
106 Qatar 10.09 2020 down 41.1% falling
107 Uruguay 10.01 2020 down 26.3% falling
108 Paraguay 9.82 2020 up 14.6% rising
109 Ecuador 9.74 2019 down 18.3% falling
110 Germany 9.38 2020 down 40.3% falling
111 Gabon 9.29 2013 up 130.4% rising
112 Philippines 9.17 2020 up 21.5% rising
113 Botswana 9 2020 down 2.2% rising
114 Bangladesh 8.99 2020 up 17.3% rising
115 China 8.79 2020 up 13.3% rising
116 Slovenia 8.79 2021 down 40.5% falling
117 Angola 8.75 2020 up 18.0% rising
118 Malaysia 8.7 2021 down 22.7% falling
119 Djibouti 8.54 2020 up 101.7% rising
120 Guyana 8.09 2020 up 20.9% rising
121 Nicaragua 7.98 2021 up 12.1% rising
122 United Arab Emirates 7.98 2020 down 31.8% falling
123 Estonia 7.92 2020 down 59.3% falling
124 Kyrgyzstan 7.55 2020 up 23.7% rising
125 Gambia 7.23 2020 down 17.2% rising
126 Singapore 7.02 2020 down 28.6% falling
127 Egypt 6.76 2020 up 46.7% rising
128 Eswatini 6.75 2020 up 4.9% rising
129 Latvia 6.64 2021 down 79.7% falling
130 Equatorial Guinea 6.54 2020 up 99.7% rising
131 Jamaica 6.3 2021 up 4.8% falling
132 Azerbaijan 6.22 2020 down 36.9% flat
133 Finland 6.16 2021 down 63.8% falling
134 Ghana 6.14 2020 up 16.4% rising
135 Peru 6 2020 down 13.3% rising
136 East Timor 5.64 2020 up 222.4% rising
137 Myanmar 5.61 2019 up 276.3% volatile
138 Togo 5.53 2020 up 31.2% rising
139 Norway 5.5 2017 down 55.3% falling
140 Netherlands 5.45 2021 down 74.4% falling
141 Algeria 5.26 2020 up 4.1% rising
142 Senegal 5.22 2020 up 23.0% rising
143 Cote d'Ivoire 4.9 2020 up 14.1% rising
144 Mali 4.67 2020 up 27.7% rising
145 Rwanda 4.59 2020 down 8.0% rising
146 Tajikistan 4.53 2020 down 18.2% flat
147 Nigeria 4.45 2020 down 32.3% falling
148 Syria 4.39 2013 up 73.5% rising
149 Kenya 4.39 2021 down 10.7% rising
150 Zimbabwe 4.17 2020 down 13.2% volatile
151 Guinea-Bissau 4.11 2020 up 109.4% volatile
152 Congo 4.04 2017 up 185.4% volatile
153 Mozambique 4 2020 up 18.4% rising
154 Solomon Islands 3.88 2020 down 13.2% falling
155 Iraq 3.85 2020 down 27.2% rising
156 Lesotho 3.79 2020 up 14.5% rising
157 Comoros 3.58 2020 up 191.4% volatile
158 Benin 3.42 2020 up 12.0% rising
159 Sudan 3.37 2018 up 41.8% rising
160 Burundi 3.22 2016 up 82.1% rising
161 Laos 3.21 2020 up 26.3% rising
162 Zambia 3.16 2020 down 20.3% rising
163 Ethiopia 2.94 2012 up 249.6% rising
164 Liberia 2.88 2020 down 21.1% rising
165 Burkina Faso 2.82 2020 up 45.2% rising
166 Guinea 2.73 2020 up 84.7% rising
167 Sierra Leone 2.65 2012 up 137.7% rising
168 Haiti 2.62 2020 up 6.0% falling
169 Madagascar 2.51 2020 up 71.5% rising
170 Uganda 2.45 2020 down 2.9% rising
171 Tanzania 2.3 2014 up 87.0% rising
172 Malawi 2.27 2019 down 3.0% rising
173 Cameroon 2.15 2020 up 27.7% rising
174 Afghanistan 1.87 2019 down 15.8% rising
175 Yemen 1.62 2015 down 14.1% falling
176 Niger 1.59 2020 up 31.0% rising
177 Papua New Guinea 1.59 2020 down 0.7% falling
178 South Sudan 1.45 2020 up 99.2% rising
179 Chad 0.8533 2020 up 37.5% rising
180 Central African Republic 0.7075 2017 up 38.9% rising
181 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.6743 2019 up 39.2% rising
182 Palestine 0.5197 2021 up 45.1% rising
183 Ukraine 0.41 2020 down 82.4% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Bank branches per 100,000 adults
Source
Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
184 places, 3,005 data points, 2004–2021
Last refreshed

For each country calculated as: 100,000*reported number of depositors/adult population in the reporting country.