Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Bank branches per 100,000 adults was 1,501 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Saudi Arabia, 2004–2021
Source: Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 1,501 for bank branches per 100,000 adults in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank branches per 100,000 adults in Saudi Arabia peaked at 1,784 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1,404, in 2005.
Saudi Arabia ranks 1st of 185 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1,424 | — |
| 2005 | 1,404 | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 1,437 | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 1,463 | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 1,479 | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 1,548 | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 1,579 | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 1,598 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1,613 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 1,650 | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 1,748 | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 1,781 | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 1,784 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,778 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,737 | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 1,689 | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 1,597 | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 1,501 | -6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,459 | 1,404 | 1,548 | 6 |
| 2010s | 1,696 | 1,579 | 1,784 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,549 | 1,501 | 1,597 | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Saudi Arabia
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 32,328 current LCU per person (2017)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.35 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2017)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 21.57 % change on previous year (2017)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 363.54 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 33.13 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 317.55 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 335.74 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 368.87 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 336.06 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 9,089 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank branches per 100,000 adults in Saudi Arabia?
- Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Saudi Arabia was 1,501 in 2021, according to Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank branches per 100,000 adults recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,784 in 2016.
- What is the lowest bank branches per 100,000 adults recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,404 in 2005.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for bank branches per 100,000 adults?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 1st out of 185 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank branches per 100,000 adults rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.