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Countries developing a financial inclusion strategy

Binary indicator: 1 indicates yes; 0 indicates no. 009_Is a national financial inclusion strategy (NFIS) under development?_#VGAC_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.

🇦🇫Afghanistan

Yes

🇦🇷Argentina

Yes

🇦🇲Armenia

Yes

🇧🇩Bangladesh

Yes

🇧🇹Bhutan

Yes

🇰🇭Cambodia

Yes

🇨🇱Chile

Yes

🇨🇴Colombia

Yes

🇨🇷Costa Rica

Yes

🇸🇻El Salvador

Yes

🇬🇹Guatemala

Yes

🇮🇳India

Yes

🇮🇶Iraq

Yes

🇯🇴Jordan

Yes

🇱🇧Lebanon

Yes

🇲🇦Morocco

Yes

🇲🇲Myanmar

Yes

🇴🇲Oman

Yes

🇷🇺Russia

Yes

🇷🇼Rwanda

Yes

🇿🇦South Africa

Yes

🇸🇩Sudan

Yes

🇹🇴Tonga

Yes

🇹🇳Tunisia

Yes

🇺🇬Uganda

Yes

🇬🇧United Kingdom

Yes

🇻🇳Vietnam

Yes

🇿🇲Zambia

Yes

🇦🇱Albania

🇦🇴Angola

🇦🇺Australia

🇦🇹Austria

🇦🇿Azerbaijan

🇧🇸Bahamas

🇧🇭Bahrain

🇧🇪Belgium

🇧🇴Bolivia

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

🇧🇼Botswana

🇧🇷Brazil

🇧🇬Bulgaria

🇧🇮Burundi

🇨🇦Canada

🇰🇾Cayman Islands

🇨🇳China

🇭🇷Croatia

🇩🇰Denmark

🇩🇯Djibouti

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

🇪🇨Ecuador

Highlights

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

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

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

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

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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