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Binary indicator: 1 indicates yes; 0 indicates no. 021_Are tax incentive savings schemes in place to promote financial inclusion?_#VGBA_02, reported by Global Financial Inclusion and Consumer Protection Survey in the World Bank Open Data catalog.

📅 2017📏 yes/no (1=yes)119 entries

Europe · 32

Oceania · 5

Asia · 34

Americas · 22

Africa · 26

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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.

🇦🇱Albania

Yes

🇦🇺Australia

Yes

🇧🇩Bangladesh

Yes

🇧🇷Brazil

Yes

🇪🇪Estonia

Yes

🇸🇿Eswatini

Yes

🇫🇯Fiji

Yes

🇫🇷France

Yes

🇮🇩Indonesia

Yes

🇮🇹Italy

Yes

🇯🇲Jamaica

Yes

🇯🇵Japan

Yes

🇱🇻Latvia

Yes

🇲🇼Malawi

Yes

🇲🇾Malaysia

Yes

🇲🇹Malta

Yes

🇲🇽Mexico

Yes

🇲🇲Myanmar

Yes

🇳🇴Norway

Yes

🇵🇱Poland

Yes

🇸🇲San Marino

Yes

🇸🇨Seychelles

Yes

🇿🇦South Africa

Yes

🇰🇷South Korea

Yes

🇸🇪Sweden

Yes

🇹🇭Thailand

Yes

🇹🇳Tunisia

Yes

🇺🇦Ukraine

Yes

🇬🇧United Kingdom

Yes

🇦🇫Afghanistan

🇦🇴Angola

🇦🇷Argentina

🇦🇲Armenia

🇦🇹Austria

🇦🇿Azerbaijan

🇧🇸Bahamas

🇧🇭Bahrain

🇧🇪Belgium

🇧🇹Bhutan

🇧🇴Bolivia

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

🇧🇼Botswana

🇧🇬Bulgaria

🇧🇮Burundi

🇰🇭Cambodia

🇨🇦Canada

🇰🇾Cayman Islands

🇨🇱Chile

🇨🇳China

🇨🇴Colombia

Highlights

As of 2017, Albania ranks first with Yes, followed by Australia (Yes) and Bangladesh (Yes).

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

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

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