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Countries with policies or incentives promoting financial inclusion

Binary indicator: 1 indicates yes; 0 indicates no. 019_Are requirements, exceptions, tax incentives, or subsidies policies in place to promote financial inclusion?_#VGBA_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

Asia · 34

Africa · 26

Oceania · 5

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.

🇦🇷Argentina

Yes

🇧🇩Bangladesh

Yes

🇧🇹Bhutan

Yes

🇰🇭Cambodia

Yes

🇨🇳China

Yes

🇨🇴Colombia

Yes

🇩🇯Djibouti

Yes

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Yes

🇪🇬Egypt

Yes

🇸🇿Eswatini

Yes

🇫🇯Fiji

Yes

🇭🇰Hong Kong

Yes

🇮🇳India

Yes

🇮🇩Indonesia

Yes

🇯🇵Japan

Yes

🇯🇴Jordan

Yes

🇱🇸Lesotho

Yes

🇲🇼Malawi

Yes

🇲🇾Malaysia

Yes

🇲🇷Mauritania

Yes

🇳🇦Namibia

Yes

🇳🇬Nigeria

Yes

🇴🇲Oman

Yes

🇵🇭Philippines

Yes

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

Yes

🇿🇦South Africa

Yes

🇱🇰Sri Lanka

Yes

🇸🇩Sudan

Yes

🇹🇳Tunisia

Yes

🇦🇫Afghanistan

🇦🇱Albania

🇦🇴Angola

🇦🇲Armenia

🇦🇺Australia

🇦🇹Austria

🇦🇿Azerbaijan

🇧🇸Bahamas

🇧🇭Bahrain

🇧🇪Belgium

🇧🇴Bolivia

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

🇧🇼Botswana

🇧🇷Brazil

🇧🇬Bulgaria

🇧🇮Burundi

🇨🇦Canada

🇰🇾Cayman Islands

🇨🇱Chile

🇨🇷Costa Rica

🇭🇷Croatia

Highlights

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

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

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

By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from Asia, 3 from Africa and 3 from the Americas.

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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