Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Korea
Korea: Bank branches per 100,000 adults was 13.65 in 2021. βΌ Falling
Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Korea, 2004β2021
Source: Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
In 2021, bank branches per 100,000 adults in Korea stood at 13.65. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and down 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank branches per 100,000 adults in Korea peaked at 18.7 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 13.65, in 2021.
Korea ranks 85th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.86 | 16.8 | 18.7 | 6 |
| 2010s | 16.87 | 15.08 | 18.31 | 10 |
| 2020s | 14 | 13.65 | 14.36 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Korea
More financial sector data for Korea
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 96.84 million current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 2,672 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 5.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 117.53 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 10.71 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 294.26 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 308.07 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 318.78 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 311.57 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 6,028 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank branches per 100,000 adults in Korea?
- Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Korea was 13.65 in 2021, according to Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank branches per 100,000 adults recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 18.7 in 2008.
- What is the lowest bank branches per 100,000 adults recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.65 in 2021.
- How does Korea rank for bank branches per 100,000 adults?
- Korea ranks 85th out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank branches per 100,000 adults rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Korea 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.