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Binary indicator: 1 indicates yes; 0 indicates no. 020_Are priority lending policies in place to promote financial inclusion?_#VGBA_01, reported by Global Financial Inclusion and Consumer Protection Survey in the World Bank Open Data catalog.

📅 2017📏 yes/no (1=yes)119 entries

Oceania · 5

Africa · 26

Americas · 22

Asia · 34

Europe · 32

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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.

🇦🇴Angola

Yes

🇦🇷Argentina

Yes

🇦🇺Australia

Yes

🇦🇿Azerbaijan

Yes

🇧🇩Bangladesh

Yes

🇧🇹Bhutan

Yes

🇧🇷Brazil

Yes

🇨🇴Colombia

Yes

🇨🇷Costa Rica

Yes

🇪🇬Egypt

Yes

🇪🇪Estonia

Yes

🇸🇿Eswatini

Yes

🇫🇯Fiji

Yes

🇫🇷France

Yes

🇬🇹Guatemala

Yes

🇭🇹Haiti

Yes

🇭🇳Honduras

Yes

🇮🇳India

Yes

🇮🇩Indonesia

Yes

🇮🇶Iraq

Yes

🇱🇻Latvia

Yes

🇱🇧Lebanon

Yes

🇱🇷Liberia

Yes

🇲🇾Malaysia

Yes

🇲🇹Malta

Yes

🇲🇷Mauritania

Yes

🇲🇺Mauritius

Yes

🇲🇽Mexico

Yes

🇲🇲Myanmar

Yes

🇳🇦Namibia

Yes

🇳🇬Nigeria

Yes

🇴🇲Oman

Yes

🇵🇰Pakistan

Yes

🇵🇭Philippines

Yes

🇵🇱Poland

Yes

🇸🇲San Marino

Yes

🇿🇦South Africa

Yes

🇰🇷South Korea

Yes

🇱🇰Sri Lanka

Yes

🇹🇯Tajikistan

Yes

🇹🇴Tonga

Yes

🇹🇳Tunisia

Yes

🇺🇾Uruguay

Yes

🇻🇳Vietnam

Yes

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

Yes

🇦🇫Afghanistan

🇦🇱Albania

🇦🇲Armenia

🇦🇹Austria

🇧🇸Bahamas

Highlights

As of 2017, Angola ranks first with Yes, followed by Argentina (Yes) and Australia (Yes).

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

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

By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from the Americas, 3 from Asia, 2 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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