Cameroon - Financial access

Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults)

The value for Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults) in Cameroon was 2.15 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.20 in 2018 and a minimum value of 0.48 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 0.48
2005 1.00
2006 1.08
2007 1.13
2008 1.21
2009 1.30
2010 1.69
2011 1.73
2012 1.83
2013 1.96
2014 1.98
2015 2.06
2016 2.03
2017 1.90
2018 2.20
2019 2.15
2020 2.15

Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)

The value for Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) in Cameroon was 37.18 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37.18 in 2020 and a minimum value of 9.90 in 2009.

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
2009 9.90
2010 11.32
2011 17.96
2012 21.02
2013 22.24
2014 20.53
2015 23.69
2016 24.31
2017 27.32
2018 32.21
2019 33.52
2020 37.18

Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)

The value for Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) in Cameroon was 118.92 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 132.49 in 2018 and a minimum value of 1.17 in 2004.

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 1.17
2008 46.00
2009 43.48
2010 53.41
2011 49.84
2012 52.69
2013 59.73
2014 66.57
2015 83.68
2016 87.39
2017 82.98
2018 132.49
2019 130.66
2020 118.92

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Access