Ghana - Financial access

Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults)

The value for Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults) in Ghana was 6.14 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.54 in 2018 and a minimum value of 3.04 in 2004.

Definition: Commercial bank branches are retail locations of resident commercial banks and other resident banks that function as commercial banks that provide financial services to customers and are physically separated from the main office but not organized as legally separated subsidiaries.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Financial Access Survey.

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Year Value
2004 3.04
2005 3.20
2006 3.56
2007 4.51
2008 4.70
2009 5.02
2010 5.28
2011 5.29
2012 5.57
2013 5.72
2014 5.94
2015 6.98
2016 6.98
2017 8.42
2018 8.54
2019 8.30
2020 6.14

Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)

The value for Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) in Ghana was 40.92 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 48.37 in 2017 and a minimum value of 19.06 in 2005.

Definition: Borrowers from commercial banks are the reported number of resident customers that are nonfinancial corporations (public and private) and households who obtained loans from commercial banks and other banks functioning as commercial banks. For many countries data cover the total number of loan accounts due to lack of information on loan account holders.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Financial Access Survey.

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Year Value
2004 27.30
2005 19.06
2006 22.84
2007 23.29
2008 37.07
2009 33.33
2010 34.71
2011 34.89
2014 45.60
2015 46.66
2016 43.78
2017 48.37
2018 40.91
2019 38.59
2020 40.92

Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)

The value for Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) in Ghana was 762.37 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 15 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 766.70 in 2019 and a minimum value of 176.62 in 2005.

Definition: Depositors with commercial banks are the reported number of deposit account holders at commercial banks and other resident banks functioning as commercial banks that are resident nonfinancial corporations (public and private) and households. For many countries data cover the total number of deposit accounts due to lack of information on account holders. The major types of deposits are checking accounts, savings accounts, and time deposits.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Financial Access Survey.

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Year Value
2005 176.62
2006 206.66
2007 217.53
2008 244.01
2009 267.81
2010 278.52
2011 340.58
2012 447.63
2013 448.25
2014 491.93
2015 583.91
2016 543.57
2017 614.09
2018 725.21
2019 766.70
2020 762.37

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Access