Lesotho - Financial access

Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults)

The value for Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults) in Lesotho was 3.79 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.83 in 2016 and a minimum value of 1.91 in 2006.

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 2.40
2005 2.31
2006 1.91
2007 2.05
2008 2.20
2009 2.25
2010 3.31
2011 3.36
2012 3.33
2013 3.59
2014 3.55
2015 3.72
2016 3.83
2017 3.78
2018 3.74
2019 3.76
2020 3.79

Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)

The value for Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) in Lesotho was 40.89 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 64.38 in 2014 and a minimum value of 6.25 in 2004.

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 6.25
2005 7.75
2006 14.78
2007 25.27
2008 36.20
2009 37.16
2010 37.76
2011 49.52
2012 38.91
2013 45.05
2014 64.38
2015 40.62
2016 38.40
2017 40.94
2018 42.12
2019 41.14
2020 40.89

Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)

The value for Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) in Lesotho was 414.78 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 414.78 in 2020 and a minimum value of 210.08 in 2007.

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
2004 214.05
2005 258.24
2006 340.86
2007 210.08
2008 212.08
2009 223.39
2010 283.51
2011 354.85
2012 286.48
2013 316.10
2014 326.29
2015 348.97
2016 363.51
2017 385.39
2018 413.83
2019 391.91
2020 414.78

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Access