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Countries regulating minimum balances for savings and current accounts

Binary indicator: 1 indicates yes; 0 indicates no. 287_Is the ceiling on the minimum balance for savings/current accounts regulated in this country?_#VGTA_01, reported by Global Financial Inclusion and Consumer Protection Survey in the World Bank Open Data catalog.

📅 2017📏 yes/no (1=yes)119 entries

Americas · 22

Europe · 32

Asia · 34

Africa · 26

Oceania · 5

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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.

🇨🇴Colombia

Yes

🇫🇷France

Yes

🇭🇳Honduras

Yes

🇮🇩Indonesia

Yes

🇮🇷Iran

Yes

🇲🇽Mexico

Yes

🇲🇲Myanmar

Yes

🇳🇬Nigeria

Yes

🇴🇲Oman

Yes

🇹🇳Tunisia

Yes

🇦🇫Afghanistan

🇦🇱Albania

🇦🇴Angola

🇦🇷Argentina

🇦🇲Armenia

🇦🇺Australia

🇦🇹Austria

🇦🇿Azerbaijan

🇧🇸Bahamas

🇧🇭Bahrain

🇧🇩Bangladesh

🇧🇪Belgium

🇧🇹Bhutan

🇧🇴Bolivia

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

🇧🇼Botswana

🇧🇷Brazil

🇧🇬Bulgaria

🇧🇮Burundi

🇰🇭Cambodia

🇨🇦Canada

🇰🇾Cayman Islands

🇨🇱Chile

🇨🇳China

🇨🇷Costa Rica

🇭🇷Croatia

🇩🇰Denmark

🇩🇯Djibouti

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

🇪🇨Ecuador

🇪🇬Egypt

🇸🇻El Salvador

🇪🇪Estonia

🇸🇿Eswatini

🇫🇯Fiji

🇫🇮Finland

🇬🇲Gambia

🇬🇪Georgia

🇩🇪Germany

🇬🇷Greece

Highlights

As of 2017, Colombia ranks first with Yes, followed by France (Yes) and Honduras (Yes).

The top two are virtually level: Colombia and France differ by less than 1%.

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

By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from Asia, 3 from the Americas, 2 from Africa and 1 from Europe.

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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