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

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Jan 05, 2026

Last modified

Jan 05, 2026

Check account balance using a mobile phone or the internet (fin9b)

Data file: findex_microdata_2025_labelled_update112425

Overview

Valid: 53308

Invalid: 90782

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the past 12 months, have you personally checked the balance of the account(s) you have at a bank or similar financial institution using a mobile phone or computer? Yes or no?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	30258	56.8%
2	No	22774	42.7%
3	Don't know	131	0.2%
4	Refused	145	0.3%
Sysmiss		90782

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

Fin1 or Fin2 = "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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