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

Albania, Algeria, Argentina...and 137 more, 2024

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Reference ID

WLD_2024_FINDEX_v02_M

Producer(s)

Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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Created on

Jan 05, 2026

Last modified

Jan 05, 2026

Type of phone (con9)

Data file: findex_microdata_2025_labelled_update112425

Overview

Valid: 86358

Invalid: 57732

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 18

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Is the main mobile phone you use a smartphone or a basic text phone?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	A smartphone	63545	73.6%
2	A basic text phone	22484	26%
8	Don't know	240	0.3%
9	Refused	89	0.1%
Sysmiss		57732

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

Con1 = "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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