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Binary indicator: 1 indicates yes; 0 indicates no. 015_Has a national microfinance strategy (NMS) already been launched?_#VGAF_00, 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

Africa · 26

Asia · 34

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.

🇦🇷Argentina

Yes

🇧🇷Brazil

Yes

🇧🇮Burundi

Yes

🇰🇭Cambodia

Yes

🇩🇯Djibouti

Yes

🇩🇪Germany

Yes

🇬🇹Guatemala

Yes

🇯🇴Jordan

Yes

🇰🇪Kenya

Yes

🇱🇻Latvia

Yes

🇲🇼Malawi

Yes

🇲🇾Malaysia

Yes

🇲🇷Mauritania

Yes

🇲🇺Mauritius

Yes

🇲🇦Morocco

Yes

🇳🇬Nigeria

Yes

🇴🇲Oman

Yes

🇵🇭Philippines

Yes

🇷🇼Rwanda

Yes

🇰🇷South Korea

Yes

🇸🇩Sudan

Yes

🇹🇭Thailand

Yes

🇹🇳Tunisia

Yes

🇻🇳Vietnam

Yes

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

Yes

🇦🇫Afghanistan

🇦🇱Albania

🇦🇴Angola

🇦🇲Armenia

🇦🇺Australia

🇦🇹Austria

🇦🇿Azerbaijan

🇧🇸Bahamas

🇧🇭Bahrain

🇧🇩Bangladesh

🇧🇪Belgium

🇧🇹Bhutan

🇧🇴Bolivia

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

🇧🇼Botswana

🇧🇬Bulgaria

🇨🇦Canada

🇰🇾Cayman Islands

🇨🇱Chile

🇨🇳China

🇨🇴Colombia

🇨🇷Costa Rica

🇭🇷Croatia

🇩🇰Denmark

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Highlights

As of 2017, Argentina ranks first with Yes, followed by Brazil (Yes) and Burundi (Yes).

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

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

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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