Malawi - Financial access

Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults)

The value for Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults) in Malawi was 2.27 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 15 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.37 in 2015 and a minimum value of 0.95 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.

See also:

Year Value
2004 1.00
2005 0.96
2006 0.95
2007 1.99
2008 2.23
2009 2.34
2010 2.95
2011 1.09
2012 3.36
2013 3.34
2014 3.32
2015 3.37
2016 2.99
2017 2.21
2018 2.29
2019 2.27

Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)

The value for Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) in Malawi was 12.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 12 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 336.55 in 2015 and a minimum value of 12.60 in 2019.

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.

See also:

Year Value
2007 17.48
2009 16.70
2010 17.39
2015 336.55
2016 45.30
2017 17.54
2018 14.61
2019 12.60

Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)

The value for Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) in Malawi was 169.67 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 12 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 247.05 in 2013 and a minimum value of 106.24 in 2015.

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.

See also:

Year Value
2007 128.27
2009 165.24
2010 190.06
2011 192.18
2012 212.76
2013 247.05
2015 106.24
2016 181.70
2017 148.32
2018 178.87
2019 169.67

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Access