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Kenya led account ownership in four East African Findex economies

In the 2024 Global Findex survey, 90.12% of adults in Kenya reported an account. Uganda followed at 72.83%, Tanzania at 59.83% and Ethiopia at 48.83%. Men reported higher account ownership than women in all four.

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Access to financial accountsAccount ownership across four 2024 survey economies
Account ownership across four 2024 survey economies
  1. Kenya90.12%
  2. Uganda72.83%
  3. Tanzania59.83%
  4. Ethiopia48.83%

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What counts as an account

Global Findex includes accounts with financial institutions and accounts with mobile-money service providers. Its unit is a surveyed person aged 15 or older. Owning more than one type of account still counts as one person in the overall share. Source 2 Source 7

Kenya's gap was the narrowest of the four

Men in Kenya reported 93.89% ownership and women reported 86.52%. In Ethiopia the estimates were 56.53% and 41.62%. The differences between the rounded rates are about 7.4 and 14.9 percentage points, respectively. Source 3 Source 5

One overall rate can hide changes in the gap

Uganda's overall rate increased from 65.91% in 2021 to 72.83% in 2024. In the same comparison the women's estimate moved from 65.06% to 66.37% and the men's from 66.88% to 80.27%. These are survey point estimates for different groups and waves. Source 1 Source 3 Source 5

The map uses one survey year

The table also includes older rounds for Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia and South Sudan. Their latest figures in this extract are from 2014, 2017, 2014 and 2021 respectively. Each pin marks a city for orientation and displays a national estimate. Source 1 Source 8

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