Depositors with commercial banks in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Depositors with commercial banks was 992.38 per 1,000 adults in 2024. ▲ Rising
Depositors with commercial banks in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 2009–2024
Source: Financial Access Survey, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in per 1,000 adults.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 992.38 per 1,000 adults for depositors with commercial banks in 2024. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 41.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, depositors with commercial banks in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 992.38 per 1,000 adults in 2024 and was at its lowest, 390.5 per 1,000 adults, in 2009.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 10th of 35 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Depositors with commercial banks in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | per 1,000 adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 390.5 per 1,000 adults | — |
| 2010 | 519.62 per 1,000 adults | +33.1% |
| 2011 | 591.67 per 1,000 adults | +13.9% |
| 2012 | 619.9 per 1,000 adults | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 625.03 per 1,000 adults | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 703.88 per 1,000 adults | +12.6% |
| 2015 | 735.71 per 1,000 adults | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 745.73 per 1,000 adults | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 793.68 per 1,000 adults | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 808.4 per 1,000 adults | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 730.18 per 1,000 adults | -9.7% |
| 2020 | 722.33 per 1,000 adults | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 787.41 per 1,000 adults | +9.0% |
| 2022 | 852.58 per 1,000 adults | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 933.95 per 1,000 adults | +9.5% |
| 2024 | 992.38 per 1,000 adults | +6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 390.5 per 1,000 adults | 390.5 per 1,000 adults | 390.5 per 1,000 adults | 1 |
| 2010s | 687.38 per 1,000 adults | 519.62 per 1,000 adults | 808.4 per 1,000 adults | 10 |
| 2020s | 857.73 per 1,000 adults | 722.33 per 1,000 adults | 992.38 per 1,000 adults | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 7 Azerbaijan 1,949 per 1,000 adults compare
- 8 Maldives 1,936 per 1,000 adults compare
- 9 Nigeria 1,914 per 1,000 adults compare
- 10 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1,889 per 1,000 adults compare
- 11 Cape Verde 1,884 per 1,000 adults compare
- 12 Saudi Arabia 1,834 per 1,000 adults compare
- 13 Tajikistan 1,827 per 1,000 adults compare
More financial sector data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Net migration -462,147 (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 6.7 (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 47.3% (2025)
- Broad money 73.6% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 35.1% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 3.67 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 50.1% (2025)
- Net migration, annual growth rate -2.22 % change on previous year (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is depositors with commercial banks in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Depositors with commercial banks in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 992.38 per 1,000 adults in 2024, according to Financial Access Survey, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest depositors with commercial banks recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 992.38 per 1,000 adults in 2024.
- What is the lowest depositors with commercial banks recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 390.5 per 1,000 adults in 2009.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for depositors with commercial banks?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 10th out of 35 groups with data for 2024.
- Is depositors with commercial banks rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Financial Access Survey, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Depositors with commercial banks are the reported number of deposit account holders, including both resident non-financial corporations (both public and private) and individuals from the household sector, at commercial banks within the reporting jurisdiction for every 1,000 adults. The major types of deposits are checking accounts, savings accounts, and time deposits.