Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Bank branches per 100,000 adults was 1.87 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Afghanistan, 2004–2019
Source: Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 1.87 for bank branches per 100,000 adults in 2019.
That represents a change of down 4.5% on the previous year and down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank branches per 100,000 adults in Afghanistan peaked at 2.39 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.3666, in 2004.
That places Afghanistan 176th out of 185 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.3666 | — |
| 2005 | 0.5831 | +59.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9238 | +58.4% |
| 2007 | 1.24 | +34.0% |
| 2008 | 1.48 | +19.3% |
| 2009 | 2.23 | +50.7% |
| 2010 | 2.39 | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 2.22 | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 2.13 | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 2.25 | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 2.3 | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 2.16 | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 2.11 | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 2.04 | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 1.96 | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 1.87 | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.14 | 0.3666 | 2.23 | 6 |
| 2010s | 2.14 | 1.87 | 2.39 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More financial sector data for Afghanistan
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita -2,032 current LCU per person (2020)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP -3.98 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate -8.19 % change on previous year (2020)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 24.61 million SDR (2020)
- Gold reserves at market value 923.06 million SDR (2020)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 5.81 billion SDR (2020)
- Reserves excluding gold 5.85 billion SDR (2020)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 6.77 billion SDR (2020)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 6.76 billion SDR (2020)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 173.12 SDR per person (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank branches per 100,000 adults in Afghanistan?
- Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Afghanistan was 1.87 in 2019, according to Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank branches per 100,000 adults recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 2.39 in 2010.
- What is the lowest bank branches per 100,000 adults recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3666 in 2004.
- How does Afghanistan rank for bank branches per 100,000 adults?
- Afghanistan ranks 176th out of 185 countries with data for 2019.
- Is bank branches per 100,000 adults rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Bank branches per 100,000 adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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For each country calculated as: 100,000*reported number of depositors/adult population in the reporting country.