Arab World - Financial access

Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults)

The value for Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults) in Arab World was 12.22 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.22 in 2020 and a minimum value of 8.78 in 2005.

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 8.79
2005 8.78
2006 10.64
2007 10.01
2008 10.55
2009 10.86
2010 10.85
2011 10.97
2012 11.00
2013 11.03
2014 11.75
2015 11.30
2016 11.96
2017 11.38
2018 11.14
2019 12.08
2020 12.22

Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)

The value for Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) in Arab World was 162.91 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 12 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 207.68 in 2017 and a minimum value of 108.38 in 2012.

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
2008 127.61
2009 144.10
2010 154.86
2011 136.69
2012 108.38
2013 111.45
2014 172.55
2015 166.95
2016 191.16
2017 207.68
2018 200.94
2019 184.80
2020 162.91

Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)

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
2011 668.76
2012 624.81
2013 607.43
2014 619.71
2015 638.76

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Access