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Financial Inclusion on the Rise, But Gaps Remain, Global Findex Database Shows
Financial inclusion is on the rise globally, accelerated by mobile phones and the internet, but gains have been uneven across countries. A new World Bank report on the use of financial services also finds that men remain more likely than women to have an account.
Explore The Global Findex Database 2017: Measuring Financial Inclusion and the Fintech Revolution also available in Arabic, French and Spanish, or take this interactive Gateway Quiz to learn about the latest trends in financial inclusion.
The Global Findex, a wide-ranging data set on how people in 144 economies use financial services, was produced by the World Bank with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and in collaboration with Gallup, Inc.
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