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

Could use whatsapp on basic phone (con10)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateSri Lanka

Overview

Valid: 361

Invalid: 639

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Could you use WhatsApp on this basic text phone if you wanted to?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	18	5%
2	No	335	92.8%
8	Don't know	7	1.9%
9	Refused	1	0.3%
Sysmiss		639

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

Con9 = "Basic text phone"

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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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