The Global Findex Database 2025: Connectivity and Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

Malawi, 2024

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Reference ID

MWI_2024_FINDEX_v02_M

Producer(s)

Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit

Metadata

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Created on

Jan 05, 2026

Last modified

Jan 05, 2026

Frequency of money taken out of mobile money accounts (fin13c)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateMalawi

Overview

Valid: 489

Invalid: 511

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 6

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 22

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In a typical month, how many times is money taken out of your mobile money account(s)? Weekly, monthly, or less than once a month?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Weekly	157	32.1%
2	Monthly	149	30.5%
3	Less than once a month	173	35.4%
4	Never	7	1.4%
5	Don't know	2	0.4%
6	Refused	1	0.2%
Sysmiss		511

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

Fin12_13 = "yes"

Others

Notes

Note: "no/dk/r" indicates the response categories: no, dk="don't know" and r="refused" Words in brackets [] indicate local or economy-specific terminology.

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