Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Malawi
Malawi: Bank branches per 100,000 adults was 2.27 in 2019. β² Rising
Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Malawi, 2004β2019
Source: Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
Malawi recorded 2.27 for bank branches per 100,000 adults in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank branches per 100,000 adults in Malawi peaked at 3.37 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.9492, in 2006.
Malawi ranks 173rd of 184 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.58 | 0.9492 | 2.34 | 6 |
| 2010s | 2.72 | 1.09 | 3.37 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 170 Madagascar, Republic of 2.51 compare
- 171 Uganda 2.45 compare
- 172 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.3 compare
- 174 Cameroon 2.15 compare
- 175 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 1.87 compare
- 176 Yemen, Republic of 1.62 compare
More financial sector data for Malawi
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 7.7% (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports 1.91 (2020)
- Net domestic credit 7.84 trillion current LCU (2024)
- Net foreign assets -1.65 trillion current LCU (2024)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 7.9% (2024)
- Broad money 27.2% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. 27.9% (2024)
- Domestic credit to private sector 7.9% (2024)
- Official exchange rate 1,161 LCU per US$, period average (2023)
- Net migration -5,628 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank branches per 100,000 adults in Malawi?
- Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Malawi was 2.27 in 2019, according to Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank branches per 100,000 adults recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 3.37 in 2015.
- What is the lowest bank branches per 100,000 adults recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9492 in 2006.
- How does Malawi rank for bank branches per 100,000 adults?
- Malawi ranks 173rd out of 184 countries with data for 2019.
- Is bank branches per 100,000 adults rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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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About this data
For each country calculated as: 100,000*reported number of depositors/adult population in the reporting country.