Countries defining microfinance in law or regulation

Binary indicator: 1 indicates yes; 0 indicates no. World Bank indicator.

📅 2017📏 yes/no (1=yes)117 entries

Africa · 26

Asia · 33

Americas · 22

Europe · 31

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.

🇦🇫Afghanistan

Yes

🇦🇴Angola

Yes

🇧🇭Bahrain

Yes

🇧🇹Bhutan

Yes

🇧🇴Bolivia

Yes

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

Yes

🇧🇼Botswana

Yes

🇧🇮Burundi

Yes

🇩🇯Djibouti

Yes

🇪🇬Egypt

Yes

🇫🇯Fiji

Yes

🇬🇲Gambia

Yes

🇭🇳Honduras

Yes

🇮🇳India

Yes

🇮🇩Indonesia

Yes

🇮🇶Iraq

Yes

🇯🇴Jordan

Yes

🇰🇪Kenya

Yes

🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan

Yes

🇱🇻Latvia

Yes

🇱🇸Lesotho

Yes

🇱🇷Liberia

Yes

🇲🇬Madagascar

Yes

🇲🇼Malawi

Yes

🇲🇾Malaysia

Yes

🇲🇷Mauritania

Yes

🇲🇲Myanmar

Yes

🇳🇦Namibia

Yes

🇳🇬Nigeria

Yes

🇴🇲Oman

Yes

🇵🇰Pakistan

Yes

🇵🇦Panama

Yes

🇵🇭Philippines

Yes

🇷🇺Russia

Yes

🇷🇼Rwanda

Yes

🇱🇰Sri Lanka

Yes

🇸🇩Sudan

Yes

🇹🇳Tunisia

Yes

🇺🇬Uganda

Yes

🇻🇳Vietnam

Yes

🇿🇲Zambia

Yes

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

Yes

🇦🇱Albania

🇦🇷Argentina

🇦🇲Armenia

🇦🇺Australia

🇦🇹Austria

🇦🇿Azerbaijan

🇧🇸Bahamas

🇧🇩Bangladesh

Highlights

As of 2017, Afghanistan ranks first with Yes, followed by Angola (Yes) and Bahrain (Yes).

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

Across 117 countries and territories, values run from Yes (Afghanistan) to No (Uruguay), with a median of No.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Africa, 3 from Asia, 1 from the Americas 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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