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Binary indicator: 1 indicates yes; 0 indicates no. 023_Are recipients of government transfers encouraged or mandated to open an account to receive their funds?_#VGBA_04, 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

Europe · 32

Africa · 26

Americas · 22

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

🇦🇱Albania

Yes

🇦🇴Angola

Yes

🇦🇷Argentina

Yes

🇦🇲Armenia

Yes

🇦🇺Australia

Yes

🇧🇩Bangladesh

Yes

🇧🇹Bhutan

Yes

🇧🇴Bolivia

Yes

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

Yes

🇧🇷Brazil

Yes

🇧🇮Burundi

Yes

🇰🇭Cambodia

Yes

🇰🇾Cayman Islands

Yes

🇨🇱Chile

Yes

🇨🇳China

Yes

🇨🇴Colombia

Yes

🇨🇷Costa Rica

Yes

🇭🇷Croatia

Yes

🇩🇰Denmark

Yes

🇩🇯Djibouti

Yes

🇪🇬Egypt

Yes

🇸🇿Eswatini

Yes

🇫🇯Fiji

Yes

🇫🇮Finland

Yes

🇫🇷France

Yes

🇬🇪Georgia

Yes

🇬🇷Greece

Yes

🇭🇹Haiti

Yes

🇭🇳Honduras

Yes

🇭🇺Hungary

Yes

🇮🇩Indonesia

Yes

🇮🇶Iraq

Yes

🇮🇹Italy

Yes

🇯🇴Jordan

Yes

🇰🇿Kazakhstan

Yes

🇰🇼Kuwait

Yes

🇱🇻Latvia

Yes

🇱🇸Lesotho

Yes

🇲🇾Malaysia

Yes

🇲🇻Maldives

Yes

🇲🇹Malta

Yes

🇲🇷Mauritania

Yes

🇲🇺Mauritius

Yes

🇲🇽Mexico

Yes

🇲🇪Montenegro

Yes

🇲🇦Morocco

Yes

🇲🇲Myanmar

Yes

🇳🇦Namibia

Yes

🇳🇱Netherlands

Yes

Highlights

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

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

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

By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from Asia, 2 from the Americas, 2 from Europe, 1 from Africa and 1 from Oceania.

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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