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Bank Branches per 100,000 by African country

2024

Number of commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults.

Africa, 202440 of 54 countries
5.0population-weighted average
Highest in 2024Cabo Verde · 34.8Lowest in 2024Niger · 1.5Reported in 202440 of 54 countries surveyed
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Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — 2.4Democratic Republic of the Congo — no dataSomalia — no dataKenya — 4.5Sudan — no dataChad — no dataSouth Africa — 8.0Lesotho — 3.5Zimbabwe — 5.5Botswana — 7.9Namibia — 7.9Senegal — 5.3Mali — 3.6Mauritania — 12.3Benin — 2.5Niger — 1.5Nigeria — 3.3Cameroon — no dataTogo — 4.4Ghana — 5.9Cote d'Ivoire — 4.2Guinea — 2.8Guinea-Bissau — 4.0Liberia — no dataSierra Leone — 2.1Burkina Faso — 2.7Central African Republic — no dataRepublic of the Congo — no dataGabon — no dataEquatorial Guinea — no dataZambia — 2.5Malawi — 1.7Mozambique — 3.5Eswatini — 6.0Angola — 6.8Burundi — no dataMadagascar — 2.7Gambia — 5.6Tunisia — 22.4Algeria — 4.9Eritrea — no dataMorocco — 20.2Egypt — 6.6Libya — no dataEthiopia — no dataDjibouti — 8.2Uganda — 2.1Rwanda — 4.7South Sudan — 1.7Nigeria 3.3Nigeria 3.3EthiopiaEthiopiaKenya 4.5Kenya 4.5South Africa 8.0South Africa 8.02024HIGHEST IN 2024Cabo Verdenot drawn34.8Seychellesnot drawn31.9Tunisia22.4Morocco20.2Mauritiusnot drawn14.2LOWEST IN 2024Niger1.5South Sudan1.7Malawi1.7Uganda2.1Sierra Leone2.1PINNEDEthiopiano dataKenya4.522 of 40Nigeria3.329 of 40South Africa8.09 of 40OTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNComorosnot drawn5.1Sao Tome and Principenot drawn13.0per 100,000 · quintiles of the observed range1.52.545.5834.8no record
20142024
World Bank · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Northern Africa4 of 6 countries9.5
Southern Africa5 of 5 countries7.8
Middle Africa2 of 9 countries6.9
Western Africa15 of 16 countries3.6
Eastern Africa14 of 18 countries3.1
Africaall 54 countries · 40 with a 2024 figure5.0

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
14 countries have no usable 2024 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo and 9 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2024 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Bank Branches per 100,000Number of commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults.
SourceWorld Bank, with processing by Africa API
Unitper 100,000
Last updated15 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range2004–2024
Coverage40 of 54 countries · 40 reported, 0 modelled, 14 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 40 countries did so for 2024 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2024 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Bank Branches per 100,000". Data adapted from World Bank. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/bank-branches
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=bank_branches_per_100k&year=2024&limit=100

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Bank Branches per 100,000: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

42 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryBank Branches per 100,000Period
1Cabo Verde34.82024
2Seychelles31.92024
3Tunisia22.42024
4Morocco20.22024
5Ethiopia14.32023
6Mauritius14.22024
7Sao Tome and Principe132024
8Mauritania12.32024
9Djibouti8.22024
10South Africa82024
11Botswana7.92024
12Namibia7.92024
13Angola6.82024
14Egypt6.62024
15Eswatini62024
16Ghana5.92024
17Gambia5.62024
18Zimbabwe5.52024
19Senegal5.32024
20Comoros5.12024
21Algeria4.92024
22Rwanda4.72024
23Kenya4.52024
24Togo4.42024
25Cote d'Ivoire4.22024
26Guinea-Bissau42024
27Mali3.62024
28Lesotho3.52024
29Mozambique3.52024
30Nigeria3.32024
31Liberia32023
32Guinea2.82024
33Madagascar2.72024
34Burkina Faso2.72024
35Benin2.52024
36Zambia2.52024
37Tanzania2.42024
38Sierra Leone2.12024
39Uganda2.12024
40Malawi1.72024
41South Sudan1.72024
42Niger1.52024
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 42 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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