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Countries with consumer protection laws that do not mention financial services

Binary indicator: 1 indicates yes; 0 indicates no. 293_Is there a general consumer protection law without explicit reference to financial services in place?_#VGUA_00, reported by Global Financial Inclusion and Consumer Protection Survey in the World Bank Open Data catalog.

📅 2017📏 yes/no (1=yes)119 entries

Asia · 34

Europe · 32

Oceania · 5

Africa · 26

Americas · 22

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Every dot is one country, placed by its value (yes/no (1=yes)); the vertical bar marks each row’s median. Rows are world regions, ordered by their median. Hover a dot for its name.

🇦🇷Argentina

Yes

🇦🇲Armenia

Yes

🇦🇹Austria

Yes

🇦🇿Azerbaijan

Yes

🇧🇸Bahamas

Yes

🇧🇭Bahrain

Yes

🇧🇩Bangladesh

Yes

🇧🇪Belgium

Yes

🇧🇹Bhutan

Yes

🇧🇼Botswana

Yes

🇧🇬Bulgaria

Yes

🇰🇭Cambodia

Yes

🇨🇳China

Yes

🇨🇴Colombia

Yes

🇨🇷Costa Rica

Yes

🇭🇷Croatia

Yes

🇪🇨Ecuador

Yes

🇪🇬Egypt

Yes

🇪🇪Estonia

Yes

🇫🇯Fiji

Yes

🇫🇷France

Yes

🇬🇲Gambia

Yes

🇩🇪Germany

Yes

🇬🇷Greece

Yes

🇬🇹Guatemala

Yes

🇬🇾Guyana

Yes

🇭🇺Hungary

Yes

🇮🇳India

Yes

🇮🇩Indonesia

Yes

🇮🇷Iran

Yes

🇮🇶Iraq

Yes

🇮🇱Israel

Yes

🇯🇲Jamaica

Yes

🇯🇵Japan

Yes

🇰🇼Kuwait

Yes

🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan

Yes

🇱🇧Lebanon

Yes

🇱🇸Lesotho

Yes

🇱🇹Lithuania

Yes

🇲🇬Madagascar

Yes

🇲🇼Malawi

Yes

🇲🇾Malaysia

Yes

🇲🇻Maldives

Yes

🇲🇹Malta

Yes

🇲🇺Mauritius

Yes

🇲🇽Mexico

Yes

🇲🇩Moldova

Yes

🇲🇪Montenegro

Yes

🇳🇱Netherlands

Yes

🇳🇿New Zealand

Yes

Highlights

As of 2017, Argentina ranks first with Yes, followed by Armenia (Yes) and Austria (Yes).

The top two are virtually level: Argentina and Armenia differ by less than 1%.

Across 119 countries and territories, values run from Yes (Argentina) to No (Zimbabwe), with a median of Yes.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Asia, 2 from the Americas, 2 from Europe and 1 from Africa.

Source: World Bank Open Data, 2017. Unit: yes/no (1=yes).

Source: World Bank Open Data · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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