São Tomé and Principe - Financial access

Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults)

The value for Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults) in São Tomé and Principe was 20.61 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 10 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.24 in 2013 and a minimum value of 19.67 in 2008.

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
2008 19.67
2009 24.14
2010 28.41
2011 28.73
2012 31.91
2013 32.24
2014 30.72
2015 30.09
2016 25.09
2017 24.51
2018 20.61

Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)

The value for Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) in São Tomé and Principe was 127.84 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 152.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 60.97 in 2014.

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
2013 65.16
2014 60.97
2015 116.49
2016 128.23
2017 152.00
2018 127.84

Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)

The value for Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) in São Tomé and Principe was 793.26 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 877.51 in 2015 and a minimum value of 271.23 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.

See also:

Year Value
2007 271.23
2008 316.60
2009 357.94
2010 394.11
2011 443.73
2012 704.99
2013 728.37
2014 683.64
2015 877.51
2016 747.94
2017 775.51
2018 793.26

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Access