Bank branches per 100,000 adults in El Salvador
El Salvador: Bank branches per 100,000 adults was 14.64 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank branches per 100,000 adults in El Salvador, 2009–2020
Source: Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 14.64 for bank branches per 100,000 adults in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank branches per 100,000 adults in El Salvador peaked at 14.92 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 10.65, in 2010.
That places El Salvador 81st out of 185 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Bank branches per 100,000 adults in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 11.66 | — |
| 2010 | 10.65 | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 11.48 | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 11.06 | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 11.73 | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 11.66 | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 11.46 | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 13.24 | +15.5% |
| 2017 | 14.82 | +12.0% |
| 2018 | 14.92 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 14.79 | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 14.64 | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.66 | 11.66 | 11.66 | 1 |
| 2010s | 12.58 | 10.65 | 14.92 | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.64 | 14.64 | 14.64 | 1 |
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More financial sector data for El Salvador
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 3,882 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.6732 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 5.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 2.03 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 185.32 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 3.17 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 3.33 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 3.52 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 3.51 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 552.09 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank branches per 100,000 adults in El Salvador?
- Bank branches per 100,000 adults in El Salvador was 14.64 in 2020, according to Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank branches per 100,000 adults recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 14.92 in 2018.
- What is the lowest bank branches per 100,000 adults recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.65 in 2010.
- How does El Salvador rank for bank branches per 100,000 adults?
- El Salvador ranks 81st out of 185 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank branches per 100,000 adults rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.