Mobile money transactions per 100,000 adults by country

Countries reporting
39
Highest
7.77 million
Zimbabwe
Lowest
0
South Africa
Median
544,589
Years covered
7
2011–2017
Data points
237

What the numbers show

Mobile money transactions per 100,000 adults is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 7.77 million in Zimbabwe; the lowest is 0 in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 544,589, and the mean is 1.41 million.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 729,621.0%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 75.1%).

Mobile money transactions per 100,000 adults: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Zimbabwe 7.77 million 2017 up 28,360.9% volatile
2 Ghana 5.54 million 2017 up 4,693.4% volatile
3 Kenya 5.33 million 2016 up 198.0% rising
4 Uganda 4.85 million 2017 up 889.1% volatile
5 Tanzania 4.70 million 2015 volatile
6 Rwanda 3.44 million 2017 up 30,112.2% volatile
7 Burkina Faso 3.34 million 2017 volatile
8 Cote d'Ivoire 2.96 million 2017 volatile
9 Mali 1.97 million 2017 volatile
10 Guinea 1.76 million 2017 volatile
11 Senegal 1.66 million 2017 volatile
12 Bangladesh 1.59 million 2017 up 729,621.0% volatile
13 Botswana 1.47 million 2017 up 3,826.6% volatile
14 Bolivia 915,805 2017 volatile
15 Cambodia 914,045 2017 up 2,587.6% volatile
16 Togo 837,136 2017 volatile
17 Namibia 692,955 2016 up 13,687.0% volatile
18 Norway 690,707 2017 up 3,377.8% volatile
19 Madagascar 583,040 2017 up 2,333.7% volatile
20 Philippines 544,589 2017 up 117.9% rising
21 Pakistan 503,990 2017 up 1,047.8% volatile
22 Indonesia 491,894 2017 up 1,998.8% volatile
23 Guyana 397,166 2017 volatile
24 Eswatini 381,924 2017 up 6,303.7% volatile
25 Niger 333,993 2017 rising
26 Solomon Islands 224,259 2017 volatile
27 Armenia 198,298 2017 up 2,015.7% volatile
28 Fiji 183,575 2017 up 336.4% volatile
29 Samoa 154,972 2017 rising
30 Dominican Republic 129,611 2017 up 790.3% rising
31 Zambia 120,256 2017 up 1,304.6% volatile
32 Tonga 114,174 2017 up 25,195.8% volatile
33 Haiti 46,951 2015 volatile
34 Nigeria 44,727 2017 up 1,717.9% volatile
35 India 31,790 2017 volatile
36 Qatar 20,111 2017 up 103,365.0% volatile
37 Afghanistan 17,662 2017 up 7,426.4% volatile
38 Malaysia 559.63 2017 down 75.1% falling
39 South Africa 0 2017 volatile

About this data

Indicator
Mobile money transactions per 100,000 adults
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
39 places, 237 data points, 2011–2017
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