South Asia - Financial access

Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults)

The value for Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults) in South Asia was 12.53 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.53 in 2020 and a minimum value of 7.36 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 7.36
2005 7.37
2006 7.45
2007 7.58
2008 7.76
2009 7.89
2010 8.02
2011 8.20
2012 8.65
2013 8.84
2014 9.10
2015 9.55
2016 9.95
2017 10.18
2018 10.28
2019 10.41
2020 12.53

Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)

The value for Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) in South Asia was 23.07 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31.30 in 2008 and a minimum value of 16.89 in 2018.

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 31.30
2009 28.61
2010 26.73
2011 25.96
2012 25.06
2013 23.82
2014 23.16
2015 21.41
2016 20.89
2017 25.29
2018 16.89
2019 23.07

Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)

The value for Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) in South Asia was 375.89 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 375.89 in 2019 and a minimum value of 203.33 in 2008.

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
2008 203.33
2009 208.37
2010 233.10
2011 250.54
2012 261.68
2013 279.64
2014 292.95
2015 323.03
2016 330.68
2017 354.20
2018 364.24
2019 375.89

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Access