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

Nicaragua, 2024
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Reference ID
NIC_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

Has a debit card (fin2)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateNicaragua

Overview

Valid: 1130
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 4
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 12
Range: 1 - 4
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Insert local terminology for a/an ATM/debit card] is a card connected to an account that allows you to withdraw money or buy things, and the money is taken out of that account right away. Do you, personally, have [insert local terminology for a/an ATM/debit card]? Yes or no?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Yes 197
17.4%
2 No 929
82.2%
3 Don't know 1
0.1%
4 Refused 3
0.3%
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.

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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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