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Countries developing a financial education strategy

Binary indicator: 1 indicates yes; 0 indicates no. 018_Is a national financial capability/literacy/education strategy (NFCS/NFLS/NFES) under development?_#VGAG_01, 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

Americas · 22

Africa · 26

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.

🇧🇩Bangladesh

Yes

🇧🇹Bhutan

Yes

🇨🇱Chile

Yes

🇨🇳China

Yes

🇨🇴Colombia

Yes

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Yes

🇪🇬Egypt

Yes

🇸🇿Eswatini

Yes

🇭🇺Hungary

Yes

🇮🇹Italy

Yes

🇱🇧Lebanon

Yes

🇱🇷Liberia

Yes

🇱🇺Luxembourg

Yes

🇲🇼Malawi

Yes

🇲🇻Maldives

Yes

🇲🇽Mexico

Yes

🇲🇩Moldova

Yes

🇲🇲Myanmar

Yes

🇲🇰North Macedonia

Yes

🇴🇲Oman

Yes

🇵🇪Peru

Yes

🇵🇭Philippines

Yes

🇷🇺Russia

Yes

🇸🇨Seychelles

Yes

🇹🇭Thailand

Yes

🇺🇦Ukraine

Yes

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

Yes

🇦🇫Afghanistan

🇦🇱Albania

🇦🇴Angola

🇦🇷Argentina

🇦🇲Armenia

🇦🇺Australia

🇦🇹Austria

🇦🇿Azerbaijan

🇧🇸Bahamas

🇧🇭Bahrain

🇧🇪Belgium

🇧🇴Bolivia

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

🇧🇼Botswana

🇧🇷Brazil

🇧🇬Bulgaria

🇧🇮Burundi

🇰🇭Cambodia

🇨🇦Canada

🇰🇾Cayman Islands

🇨🇷Costa Rica

🇭🇷Croatia

🇩🇰Denmark

Highlights

As of 2017, Bangladesh ranks first with Yes, followed by Bhutan (Yes) and Chile (Yes).

The top two are virtually level: Bangladesh and Bhutan differ by less than 1%.

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

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