Data for 2017

Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, 2017

Figures for 2017, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, 2017 covers 144 countries. Denmark is highest, at 99.92; South Sudan is lowest, at 8.57. The middle country reads 58.65. Against 2014, 132 values changed (104 up, 28 down), 12 countries joined, 9 left.

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Account Ownership at a Financial Institution · Data for 2017

HighestDenmark

99.92

LowestSouth Sudan

8.57

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

144countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
144distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, 2017, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, 2017: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	99.92
2	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	99.79
3	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	99.75
4	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	99.74
5	CanadaCANNorthern America	99.73
6	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	99.64
7	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	99.52
8	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	99.18
9	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	99.14
10	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	98.77
11	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	98.64
12	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	98.43
13	JapanJPNEastern Asia	98.24
14	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	98.16
15	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	97.99
16	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	97.93
17	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	97.53
18	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	97.36
19	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	96.37
20	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	95.34
21	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	95.28
22	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	94.85
23	FranceFRAWestern Europe	94.00
24	IranIRNSouthern Asia	93.98
25	ItalyITASouthern Europe	93.79
26	SpainESPSouthern Europe	93.76
27	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	93.22
28	United StatesUSANorthern America	93.12
29	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	92.97
30	IsraelISRWestern Asia	92.81
31	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	92.34
32	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	89.84
33	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	88.72
34	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	88.21
35	PolandPOLEastern Europe	86.73
36	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	86.14
37	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	85.47
38	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	85.34
39	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	84.18
40	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	82.88
41	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	82.61
42	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	81.59
43	KenyaKENEastern Africa	81.57
44	BelarusBLREastern Europe	81.16
45	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	80.99
46	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	80.78
47	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	80.63
48	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	79.88
49	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	79.84
50	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	79.55
51	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	79.53
52	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	76.57
53	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	75.76
54	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	74.94
55	ChileCHLSouth America	74.35
56	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	73.65
57	VenezuelaVENSouth America	73.49
58	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	72.20
59	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	71.70
60	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	71.44
61	BrazilBRASouth America	70.04
62	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	69.22
63	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	68.59
64	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	68.36
65	Costa RicaCRICentral America	67.84
66	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	65.67
67	UruguayURYSouth America	63.87
68	UkraineUKREastern Europe	62.90
69	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	61.23
70	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	59.20
71	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	58.84
72	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	58.70
73	GabonGABMiddle Africa	58.60
74	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	57.75
75	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	57.72
76	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	56.24
77	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	55.29
78	BoliviaBOLSouth America	54.41
79	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	52.27
80	EcuadorECUSouth America	51.25
81	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	51.03
82	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	50.05
83	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	50.02
84	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	48.86
85	ArgentinaARGSouth America	48.71
86	ParaguayPRYSouth America	48.65
87	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	47.76
88	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	47.02
89	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	46.75
90	PanamaPANCentral America	46.49
91	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	45.86
92	ColombiaCOLSouth America	45.76
93	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	45.56
94	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	45.39
95	HondurasHNDCentral America	45.34
96	TogoTGOWestern Africa	45.29
97	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	44.75
98	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	44.11
99	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	43.79
100	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	43.16
101	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	42.78
102	PeruPERSouth America	42.60
103	JordanJORWestern Asia	42.49
104	SenegalSENWestern Africa	42.34
105	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	41.67
106	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	41.33
107	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	40.58
108	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	40.02
109	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	39.94
110	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	39.67
111	BeninBENWestern Africa	38.49
112	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	37.09
113	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	36.91
114	MexicoMEXCentral America	36.04
115	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	35.71
116	MaliMLIWestern Africa	35.42
117	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	34.83
118	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	34.59
119	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	34.50
120	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	33.71
121	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	32.78
122	HaitiHTICaribbean	32.62
123	NicaraguaNICCentral America	30.86
124	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	30.80
125	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	30.35
126	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	29.06
127	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	28.57
128	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	28.56
129	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	26.09
130	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	25.99
131	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	25.83
132	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	25.02
133	GuineaGINWestern Africa	23.49
134	IraqIRQWestern Asia	22.67
135	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	21.76
136	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	21.67
137	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	21.29
138	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	20.87
139	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	19.81
140	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	17.87
141	NigerNERWestern Africa	15.52
142	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	14.89
143	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	13.75
144	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	8.57

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark99.92
2Finland99.79
3Norway99.75
4Sweden99.74
5Canada99.73

Lowest

144South Sudan8.57
143Central African Republic13.75
142Afghanistan14.89
141Niger15.52
140Madagascar17.87

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 58.65. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2017

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+12 / −9countries joined / left
132values changed, of 132 in both
104 · 28rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Tajikistan11.46 → 47.02+35.57
Armenia17.67 → 47.76+30.09
Burkina Faso14.36 → 43.16+28.80
Togo18.25 → 45.29+27.04
Senegal15.42 → 42.34+26.92

Fell most

Serbia83.09 → 71.44−11.65
Sri Lanka82.69 → 73.65−9.04
Algeria50.48 → 42.78−7.70
El Salvador36.72 → 30.35−6.37
Nigeria44.44 → 39.67−4.78

+ Central African Republic

+ Gambia

+ Laos

+ Liberia

+ Libya

+ Lesotho

+ Maldives

+ Mozambique

+ Paraguay

+ South Sudan

+ Turkmenistan

+ Trinidad and Tobago

− Angola

− Burundi

− Belize

− Bhutan

− Jamaica

− Puerto Rico

− Sudan

− Somalia

− Yemen

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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World Bank Group (2017). Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/account-ownership/2017

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