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

Borrowed money for any reason (fin23)

Data file: findex_microdata_2025_labelled_update112425

Overview

Valid: 56300

Invalid: 87790

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 borrowed money from any source for any reason?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	4125	7.3%
2	No	51885	92.2%
3	Don't know	126	0.2%
4	Refused	164	0.3%
Sysmiss		87790

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

Fin22A, Fin22A_1, Fin22B, Fin22C, and Fin22G = "no/dk/r"

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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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