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Account used for business purposes (% age 15+)

The percentage of respondents who report using their accounts at a formal financial institution for business purposes only or for both business purposes and personal transactions (% age 15+).

📅 2017📏 %141 entries

LiberiaKenyaIranNepalCambodiaNigerVietnamDominican RepublicZambiaMadagascarMalawiEthiopiaHaitiIndonesiaChadColombiaGambiaTanzaniaBoliviaGabonLibyaThailandPeruNamibiaLaosCongoParaguayEcuadorGuatemalaCosta RicaSouth AfricaMexicoIsraelChinaMalaysiaKazakhstanNew ZealandKyrgyzstanSpainIrelandPakistanFranceChileMaldivesNorwaySouth KoreaUnited StatesBrazilAustraliaCanadaLesothoEgyptArgentinaGeorgiaFinlandBelarusJapanRussiaHong Kong

20.95% – 10.93%10.82% – 6.85%6.82% – 4.46%4.42% – 3.07%2.92% – 0.81%No data

🇱🇷Liberia

20.95%

🇰🇪Kenya

20.12%

🇺🇬Uganda

19.70%

🇦🇲Armenia

16.93%

🇮🇷Iran

16.90%

🇳🇵Nepal

16.76%

🇰🇭Cambodia

16.44%

🇲🇲Myanmar

16.43%

🇳🇪Niger

14.87%

🇻🇳Vietnam

14.79%

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

14.76%

🇧🇯Benin

14.66%

🇵🇭Philippines

14.50%

🇧🇫Burkina Faso

14.44%

🇿🇲Zambia

14.43%

🇬🇳Guinea

14.38%

🇲🇬Madagascar

14.22%

🇲🇼Malawi

13.96%

🇪🇹Ethiopia

13.62%

🇭🇹Haiti

13.50%

🇮🇩Indonesia

12.95%

🇬🇭Ghana

12.87%

🇨🇲Cameroon

12.11%

🇷🇼Rwanda

12.06%

🇹🇩Chad

11.88%

🇳🇬Nigeria

11.48%

🇹🇯Tajikistan

11.40%

🇹🇬Togo

11.07%

🇨🇴Colombia

10.93%

🇬🇲Gambia

10.82%

🇹🇿Tanzania

10.77%

🇸🇱Sierra Leone

10.77%

🇧🇴Bolivia

10.64%

🇬🇦Gabon

10.44%

🇮🇶Iraq

10.31%

🇲🇱Mali

10.04%

🇸🇸South Sudan

9.90%

🇱🇾Libya

9.61%

🇨🇫Central African Republic

9.58%

🇳🇮Nicaragua

9.50%

🇹🇭Thailand

9.25%

🇲🇷Mauritania

9.15%

🇲🇿Mozambique

8.87%

🇹🇷Türkiye

8.84%

🇸🇳Senegal

8.62%

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

8.22%

🇵🇪Peru

8.17%

🇭🇳Honduras

7.86%

🇳🇦Namibia

7.73%

🇱🇦Laos

7.67%

Highlights

As of 2017, Liberia ranks first with 20.95%, followed by Kenya (20.12%) and Uganda (19.70%).

Across 141 countries and territories, values run from 20.95% (Liberia) to 0.81% (Malta), with a median of 5.33%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Asia and 4 from Africa.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Account used for business purposes (% age 15+), 2017. Unit: %.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Account used for business purposes (% age 15+) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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Highlights

As of 2017, Liberia ranks first with 20.95%, followed by Kenya (20.12%) and Uganda (19.70%).

Across 141 countries and territories, values run from 20.95% (Liberia) to 0.81% (Malta), with a median of 5.33%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Asia and 4 from Africa.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Account used for business purposes (% age 15+), 2017. Unit: %.