St. Lucia - Automated teller machines (ATMs) (per 100,000 adults)

The value for Automated teller machines (ATMs) (per 100,000 adults) in St. Lucia was 43.14 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 46.26 in 2012 and a minimum value of 29.65 in 2005.

Definition: Automated teller machines are computerized telecommunications devices that provide clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public place.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Financial Access Survey.

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Year Value
2004 30.34
2005 29.65
2006 30.54
2007 32.96
2008 32.12
2009 29.82
2010 44.14
2011 45.53
2012 46.26
2013 45.64
2014 44.36
2015 43.83
2016 37.18
2017 42.93
2018 42.51
2019 42.81
2020 43.14

Development Relevance: Access to finance can expand opportunities for all with higher levels of access and use of banking services associated with lower financing obstacles for people and businesses. A stable financial system that promotes efficient savings and investment is also crucial for a thriving democracy and market economy. There are several aspects of access to financial services: availability, cost, and quality of services. The development and growth of credit markets depend on access to timely, reliable, and accurate data on borrowers' credit experiences. Access to credit can be improved by making it easy to create and enforce collateral agreements and by increasing information about potential borrowers' creditworthiness. Lenders look at a borrower's credit history and collateral. Where credit registries and effective collateral laws are absent - as in many developing countries - banks make fewer loans. Indicators that cover getting credit include the strength of legal rights index and the depth of credit information index.

Limitations and Exceptions: Population-based ratios of the number of branches and ATMs assume a uniform distribution of bank outlets within a country's area and across its population, while in most countries bank branches and ATMs are concentrated in urban centers of the country and are accessible only to some individuals.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Data are shown as the total number of ATMs for every 100,000 adults in the reporting country. Calculated as (number of ATMs)*100,000/adult population in the reporting country.

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Country-specific metadata can be found on the IMF’s FAS website at  http://fas.imf.org.

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Access