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Binary indicator: 1 indicates yes; 0 indicates no. 002_Does a regulatory/supervisory framework exist for other banks?_#VGAA_01, reported by Global Financial Inclusion and Consumer Protection Survey in the World Bank Open Data catalog.

📅 2017📏 yes/no (1=yes)119 entries

Africa · 26

Asia · 34

Americas · 22

Europe · 32

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.

🇦🇴Angola

Yes

🇦🇲Armenia

Yes

🇦🇹Austria

Yes

🇧🇸Bahamas

Yes

🇧🇩Bangladesh

Yes

🇧🇴Bolivia

Yes

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

Yes

🇧🇼Botswana

Yes

🇧🇷Brazil

Yes

🇧🇮Burundi

Yes

🇰🇭Cambodia

Yes

🇰🇾Cayman Islands

Yes

🇨🇳China

Yes

🇨🇷Costa Rica

Yes

🇩🇰Denmark

Yes

🇩🇯Djibouti

Yes

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Yes

🇪🇨Ecuador

Yes

🇪🇬Egypt

Yes

🇸🇻El Salvador

Yes

🇸🇿Eswatini

Yes

🇫🇮Finland

Yes

🇫🇷France

Yes

🇩🇪Germany

Yes

🇬🇹Guatemala

Yes

🇭🇳Honduras

Yes

🇭🇺Hungary

Yes

🇮🇳India

Yes

🇮🇩Indonesia

Yes

🇮🇷Iran

Yes

🇮🇶Iraq

Yes

🇮🇱Israel

Yes

🇮🇹Italy

Yes

🇯🇲Jamaica

Yes

🇯🇵Japan

Yes

🇰🇿Kazakhstan

Yes

🇰🇪Kenya

Yes

🇱🇸Lesotho

Yes

🇱🇺Luxembourg

Yes

🇲🇼Malawi

Yes

🇲🇾Malaysia

Yes

🇲🇻Maldives

Yes

🇲🇷Mauritania

Yes

🇲🇽Mexico

Yes

🇲🇲Myanmar

Yes

🇳🇦Namibia

Yes

🇳🇬Nigeria

Yes

🇲🇰North Macedonia

Yes

🇴🇲Oman

Yes

🇵🇰Pakistan

Yes

Highlights

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

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

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

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