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Saved at a financial institution in the past year (% age 15+)

The percentage of respondents who report saving or setting aside any money by using an account at a formal financial institution such as a bank, credit union, microfinance institution, or cooperative in the past 12 months (% age 15+).

📅 2021📏 %119 entries

NorwayIcelandNew ZealandAustraliaUnited StatesCanadaJapanIrelandFinlandSingaporeHong KongIsraelFranceSpainThailandMalaysiaChinaLatviaSouth AfricaSri LankaNamibiaChileMauritiusMongoliaJamaicaIranBrazilCosta RicaKenyaBoliviaIndonesiaPhilippinesKazakhstanRussiaNigeriaLaosNepalAlgeriaPeruEcuadorLiberiaDominican RepublicColombiaGabonMaliArgentinaUkraineVenezuelaZambiaMalawiTanzaniaCongoParaguayZimbabweEgyptPakistanIraqSouth Sudan

80.93% – 56.23%53.70% – 24.04%23.82% – 13.10%12.75% – 7.35%6.74% – 1.07%No data

🇳🇴Norway

80.93%

🇸🇪Sweden

79.74%

🇮🇸Iceland

75.84%

🇳🇿New Zealand

69.26%

🇦🇺Australia

69.17%

🇩🇰Denmark

67.29%

🇦🇹Austria

66.67%

🇳🇱Netherlands

65.73%

🇺🇸United States

64.94%

🇨🇦Canada

63.91%

🇯🇵Japan

63.83%

🇮🇪Ireland

63.46%

🇫🇮Finland

62.04%

🇪🇪Estonia

61.78%

🇬🇧United Kingdom

60.98%

🇸🇬Singapore

59.99%

🇨🇿Czechia

59.77%

🇭🇰Hong Kong

59.48%

🇰🇷South Korea

59.47%

🇮🇱Israel

59.35%

🇸🇰Slovakia

58.85%

🇩🇪Germany

57.14%

🇧🇪Belgium

56.95%

🇨🇭Switzerland

56.23%

🇫🇷France

53.70%

🇪🇸Spain

53.53%

🇹🇭Thailand

52.28%

🇮🇹Italy

48.87%

🇲🇾Malaysia

46.90%

🇱🇹Lithuania

46.88%

🇲🇹Malta

45.62%

🇨🇳China

44.69%

🇱🇻Latvia

42.87%

🇵🇹Portugal

42.69%

🇸🇮Slovenia

39.85%

🇿🇦South Africa

37.21%

🇵🇱Poland

36.43%

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

35.52%

🇱🇰Sri Lanka

33.91%

🇳🇦Namibia

33.72%

🇭🇺Hungary

31.91%

🇨🇱Chile

31.08%

🇲🇺Mauritius

28.88%

🇨🇾Cyprus

28.10%

🇲🇳Mongolia

28.04%

🇬🇷Greece

26.49%

🇭🇷Croatia

25.24%

🇯🇲Jamaica

24.04%

🇮🇷Iran

23.82%

🇧🇬Bulgaria

23.12%

Highlights

As of 2021, Norway ranks first with 80.93%, followed by Sweden (79.74%) and Iceland (75.84%).

Across 119 countries and territories, values run from 80.93% (Norway) to 1.07% (Tajikistan), with a median of 18.66%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Europe, 2 from the Americas and 2 from Oceania.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Saved at a financial institution in the past year (% age 15+), 2021. Unit: %.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Saved at a financial institution in the past year (% age 15+) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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Highlights

As of 2021, Norway ranks first with 80.93%, followed by Sweden (79.74%) and Iceland (75.84%).

Across 119 countries and territories, values run from 80.93% (Norway) to 1.07% (Tajikistan), with a median of 18.66%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Europe, 2 from the Americas and 2 from Oceania.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Saved at a financial institution in the past year (% age 15+), 2021. Unit: %.