Account, out of labor force (% age 15+) by country
The percentage of respondents who report having an account (by themselves or together with someone else) at a bank or another type of financial institution (see the definition for "financial institution account") or report personally using a mobile money service in the past year (see the definition for "mobile...
What the numbers show
Account, out of labor force (% age 15+) is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 99.6% in Finland; the lowest is 11.3% in Lebanon.
The median across all reporting countries is 71.3%, and the mean is 66.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 831.3%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 34.6%).
Account, out of labor force: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 99.6% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 2 | Estonia | 99.2% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 3 | Austria | 99.0% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 4 | France | 99.0% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 5 | Sweden | 98.7% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 98.7% | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 7 | Lithuania | 98.7% | 2024 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 8 | Denmark | 98.4% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 9 | Netherlands | 98.3% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 10 | Slovenia | 98.1% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 11 | Ireland | 97.9% | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 12 | Canada | 97.6% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 13 | Mongolia | 97.2% | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 14 | Australia | 96.8% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 15 | South Korea | 96.6% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 16 | Japan | 96.6% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 17 | Belgium | 96.2% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 18 | New Zealand | 95.4% | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 19 | Hong Kong | 94.4% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 20 | United States | 94.3% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 21 | Malta | 92.6% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 22 | Taiwan | 92.5% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 23 | Latvia | 92.1% | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 24 | Cyprus | 91.8% | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 25 | Iran | 88.2% | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 26 | Thailand | 87.9% | 2024 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 27 | Czechia | 87.5% | 2024 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 28 | India | 85.5% | 2024 | up 107.6% | rising |
| 29 | Venezuela | 84.9% | 2024 | up 123.3% | rising |
| 30 | Mauritius | 83.9% | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 31 | Croatia | 83.7% | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 32 | Greece | 83.5% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 33 | Malaysia | 83.4% | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 34 | Ukraine | 83.1% | 2024 | up 161.3% | rising |
| 35 | Portugal | 82.9% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 36 | Slovakia | 81.4% | 2024 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 37 | Brazil | 77.6% | 2024 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 38 | Hungary | 77.5% | 2024 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 77.3% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 40 | Chile | 77.1% | 2024 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 41 | South Africa | 76.3% | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 42 | Kazakhstan | 75.9% | 2024 | up 84.0% | rising |
| 43 | North Macedonia | 75.4% | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 44 | Georgia | 74.6% | 2024 | up 185.0% | rising |
| 45 | Israel | 74.1% | 2024 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 46 | Italy | 73.7% | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 71.7% | 2024 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 48 | Russia | 71.5% | 2024 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 49 | Argentina | 71.3% | 2024 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 50 | Turkey | 69.7% | 2024 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 68.1% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 52 | Poland | 67.8% | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 53 | Ghana | 67.2% | 2024 | up 76.4% | rising |
| 54 | Serbia | 67.0% | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 55 | Armenia | 64.1% | 2024 | up 831.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Zambia | 63.8% | 2024 | up 128.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 61.6% | 2024 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 58 | Uruguay | 61.5% | 2024 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 59 | Romania | 58.5% | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 57.5% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 61 | Uzbekistan | 54.3% | 2024 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 62 | Nepal | 53.7% | 2024 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 63 | Uganda | 52.2% | 2024 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 64 | Togo | 51.7% | 2024 | up 383.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Panama | 50.7% | 2024 | up 77.9% | rising |
| 66 | Tanzania | 49.2% | 2024 | up 80.8% | rising |
| 67 | Botswana | 49.1% | 2024 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | 47.4% | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 69 | Indonesia | 47.3% | 2024 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 70 | Congo | 47.2% | 2024 | up 227.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Philippines | 44.3% | 2024 | up 84.1% | rising |
| 72 | Bolivia | 43.7% | 2024 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 73 | Mexico | 42.8% | 2024 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 74 | Nigeria | 42.7% | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 75 | Cameroon | 42.5% | 2024 | up 774.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Peru | 41.3% | 2024 | up 185.6% | rising |
| 77 | Vietnam | 41.3% | 2024 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 78 | Burkina Faso | 41.0% | 2024 | up 513.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Azerbaijan | 40.9% | 2024 | up 168.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Colombia | 40.3% | 2024 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 81 | Zimbabwe | 40.3% | 2024 | up 65.9% | rising |
| 82 | Jordan | 38.9% | 2024 | up 179.9% | rising |
| 83 | Benin | 38.3% | 2024 | up 278.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Malawi | 37.3% | 2024 | up 168.0% | rising |
| 85 | Bangladesh | 34.7% | 2024 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 32.0% | 2024 | up 195.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Palestine | 31.2% | 2024 | up 116.0% | rising |
| 88 | Honduras | 30.0% | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 89 | El Salvador | 29.7% | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 90 | Guatemala | 29.7% | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 91 | Albania | 25.5% | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 92 | Algeria | 24.4% | 2024 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 93 | Mauritania | 19.3% | 2024 | up 102.9% | rising |
| 94 | Iraq | 19.1% | 2024 | up 190.9% | rising |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 16.4% | 2024 | up 83.7% | rising |
| 96 | Pakistan | 13.9% | 2024 | up 176.3% | rising |
| 97 | Lebanon | 11.3% | 2024 | down 34.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- High income 91.3%
- South Asia 68.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 68.1%
- World 67.2%
- Upper middle income 63.7%
- Lower middle income 61.2%
- Low & middle income 60.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 59.6%
- Kosovo 52.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 51.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 47.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 45.6%
About this data
The percentage of respondents who report having an account (by themselves or together with someone else) at a bank or another type of financial institution (see the definition for "financial institution account") or report personally using a mobile money service in the past year (see the definition for "mobile money account"), out of labor force (% age 15+)