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

Sri Lanka, 2024

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Reference ID

LKA_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

Person withdrawing money from the government from account (fin41a)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateSri Lanka

Overview

Valid: 191

Invalid: 809

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 5

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 42

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Did you take the money you received from the government out of your account yourself or did a friend or family member take out the money for you?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Withdrew by self	145	75.9%
2	A friend or family withdrew for respondent	39	20.4%
3	Both	3	1.6%
4	Don't know	2	1%
5	Refused	2	1%
Sysmiss		809

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

Fin39A , Fin39B , or Fin39D = "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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