Marshall Islands MH: Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population data was reported at 0.000 % in 2010. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 % for 2000. Marshall Islands MH: Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2010, with 3 observations. Marshall Islands MH: Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Marshall Islands – Table MH.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Urban population below 5m is the percentage of the total population, living in areas where the elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Weighted Average;

A collaborative project between SPC, the World Fish Centre and the University of Wollongong has produced the first detailed population estimates of people living close to the coast in the 22 Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs). These estimates are stratified into 1, 5, and 10km zones. More information about this dataset: https://sdd.spc.int/mapping-coastal

Marshall Islands MH: Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data was reported at 35.868 % in 2010. This stayed constant from the previous number of 35.868 % for 2000. Marshall Islands MH: Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 35.868 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 35.868 % in 2010 and a record low of 35.140 % in 1990. Marshall Islands MH: Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Marshall Islands – Table MH.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Population below 5m is the percentage of the total population living in areas where the elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Weighted Average;

Faroe Islands FO: Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data was reported at 6.772 % in 2010. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6.804 % for 2000. Faroe Islands FO: Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 6.772 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.804 % in 2000 and a record low of 6.679 % in 1990. Faroe Islands FO: Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Faroe Islands – Table FO.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Population below 5m is the percentage of the total population living in areas where the elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Weighted Average;

Abstract

The fourth edition of the Global Findex offers a lens into how people accessed and used financial services during the COVID-19 pandemic, when mobility restrictions and health policies drove increased demand for digital services of all kinds.

The Global Findex is the world's most comprehensive database on financial inclusion. It is also the only global demand-side data source allowing for global and regional cross-country analysis to provide a rigorous and multidimensional picture of how adults save, borrow, make payments, and manage financial risks. Global Findex 2021 data were collected from national representative surveys of about 128,000 adults in more than 120 economies. The latest edition follows the 2011, 2014, and 2017 editions, and it includes a number of new series measuring financial health and resilience and contains more granular data on digital payment adoption, including merchant and government payments.

The Global Findex is an indispensable resource for financial service practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and development professionals.

Geographic coverage

Excluded populations living in Northeast states and remote islands and Jammu and Kashmir. The excluded areas represent less than 10 percent of the total population.

Analysis unit

Individual

Kind of data

Observation data/ratings [obs]

Sampling procedure

In most developing economies, Global Findex data have traditionally been collected through face-to-face interviews. Surveys are conducted face-to-face in economies where telephone coverage represents less than 80 percent of the population or where in-person surveying is the customary methodology. However, because of ongoing COVID-19 related mobility restrictions, face-to-face interviewing was not possible in some of these economies in 2021. Phone-based surveys were therefore conducted in 67 economies that had been surveyed face-to-face in 2017. These 67 economies were selected for inclusion based on population size, phone penetration rate, COVID-19 infection rates, and the feasibility of executing phone-based methods where Gallup would otherwise conduct face-to-face data collection, while complying with all government-issued guidance throughout the interviewing process. Gallup takes both mobile phone and landline ownership into consideration. According to Gallup World Poll 2019 data, when face-to-face surveys were last carried out in these economies, at least 80 percent of adults in almost all of them reported mobile phone ownership. All samples are probability-based and nationally representative of the resident adult population. Phone surveys were not a viable option in 17 economies that had been part of previous Global Findex surveys, however, because of low mobile phone ownership and surveying restrictions. Data for these economies will be collected in 2022 and released in 2023.

In economies where face-to-face surveys are conducted, the first stage of sampling is the identification of primary sampling units. These units are stratified by population size, geography, or both, and clustering is achieved through one or more stages of sampling. Where population information is available, sample selection is based on probabilities proportional to population size; otherwise, simple random sampling is used. Random route procedures are used to select sampled households. Unless an outright refusal occurs, interviewers make up to three attempts to survey the sampled household. To increase the probability of contact and completion, attempts are made at different times of the day and, where possible, on different days. If an interview cannot be obtained at the initial sampled household, a simple substitution method is used. Respondents are randomly selected within the selected households. Each eligible household member is listed, and the hand-held survey device randomly selects the household member to be interviewed. For paper surveys, the Kish grid method is used to select the respondent. In economies where cultural restrictions dictate gender matching, respondents are randomly selected from among all eligible adults of the interviewer's gender.

In traditionally phone-based economies, respondent selection follows the same procedure as in previous years, using random digit dialing or a nationally representative list of phone numbers. In most economies where mobile phone and landline penetration is high, a dual sampling frame is used.

The same respondent selection procedure is applied to the new phone-based economies. Dual frame (landline and mobile phone) random digital dialing is used where landline presence and use are 20 percent or higher based on historical Gallup estimates. Mobile phone random digital dialing is used in economies with limited to no landline presence (less than 20 percent).

For landline respondents in economies where mobile phone or landline penetration is 80 percent or higher, random selection of respondents is achieved by using either the latest birthday or household enumeration method. For mobile phone respondents in these economies or in economies where mobile phone or landline penetration is less than 80 percent, no further selection is performed. At least three attempts are made to reach a person in each household, spread over different days and times of day.

Sample size for India is 3000.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

Questionnaires are available on the website.

Sampling error estimates

Estimates of standard errors (which account for sampling error) vary by country and indicator. For country-specific margins of error, please refer to the Methodology section and corresponding table in Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli, Leora Klapper, Dorothe Singer, Saniya Ansar. 2022. The Global Findex Database 2021: Financial Inclusion, Digital Payments, and Resilience in the Age of COVID-19. Washington, DC: World Bank.

Virgin Islands (British) Population: as % of Total: Male data was reported at 47.231 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 46.981 % for 2022. Virgin Islands (British) Population: as % of Total: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 50.228 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 51.311 % in 1988 and a record low of 46.896 % in 2021. Virgin Islands (British) Population: as % of Total: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Virgin Islands (British) – Table VG.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population is the percentage of the population that is male. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.;World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.;Weighted average;

Virgin Islands (British) Population: as % of Total: Female data was reported at 52.769 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 53.019 % for 2022. Virgin Islands (British) Population: as % of Total: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 49.772 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 53.104 % in 2021 and a record low of 48.689 % in 1988. Virgin Islands (British) Population: as % of Total: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Virgin Islands (British) – Table VG.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.;World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.;Weighted average;

Marshall Islands Population: as % of Total: Aged 65 and Above data was reported at 4.382 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.112 % for 2022. Marshall Islands Population: as % of Total: Aged 65 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 3.074 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.839 % in 1960 and a record low of 2.055 % in 2010. Marshall Islands Population: as % of Total: Aged 65 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Marshall Islands – Table MH.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population ages 65 and above as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.;United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.;Weighted average;

Cayman Islands Population: as % of Total: Male data was reported at 50.215 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 50.242 % for 2022. Cayman Islands Population: as % of Total: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 49.112 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 50.269 % in 2021 and a record low of 47.288 % in 1960. Cayman Islands Population: as % of Total: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Cayman Islands – Table KY.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population is the percentage of the population that is male. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.;World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.;Weighted average;

Solomon Islands SB: Population: as % of Total: Female data was reported at 49.162 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 49.164 % for 2016. Solomon Islands SB: Population: as % of Total: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 48.579 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 49.204 % in 2011 and a record low of 46.347 % in 1960. Solomon Islands SB: Population: as % of Total: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Solomon Islands – Table SB.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;

Solomon Islands SB: Population: Male: Ages 5-9: % of Male Population data was reported at 13.385 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 13.510 % for 2016. Solomon Islands SB: Population: Male: Ages 5-9: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 14.074 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16.454 % in 1982 and a record low of 13.385 % in 2017. Solomon Islands SB: Population: Male: Ages 5-9: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Solomon Islands – Table SB.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 5 to 9 as a percentage of the total male population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

Solomon Islands SB: Population: Male: Ages 25-29: % of Male Population data was reported at 7.386 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 7.266 % for 2016. Solomon Islands SB: Population: Male: Ages 25-29: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 7.206 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.582 % in 2000 and a record low of 6.145 % in 1978. Solomon Islands SB: Population: Male: Ages 25-29: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Solomon Islands – Table SB.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 25 to 29 as a percentage of the total male population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

Solomon Islands SB: Population: Male: Ages 60-64: % of Male Population data was reported at 1.867 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.823 % for 2016. Solomon Islands SB: Population: Male: Ages 60-64: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 1.788 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.691 % in 1960 and a record low of 1.519 % in 1989. Solomon Islands SB: Population: Male: Ages 60-64: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Solomon Islands – Table SB.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 60 to 64 as a percentage of the total male population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

Marshall Islands MH: Educational Attainment: At Least Bachelor's or Equivalent: Population 25+ Years: Total: % Cumulative data was reported at 3.663 % in 2011. Marshall Islands MH: Educational Attainment: At Least Bachelor's or Equivalent: Population 25+ Years: Total: % Cumulative data is updated yearly, averaging 3.663 % from Dec 2011 (Median) to 2011, with 1 observations. Marshall Islands MH: Educational Attainment: At Least Bachelor's or Equivalent: Population 25+ Years: Total: % Cumulative data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Marshall Islands – Table MH.World Bank: Education Statistics. The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed Bachelor's or equivalent.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; ;

Solomon Islands SB: Population: Male: Ages 55-59: % of Male Population data was reported at 2.545 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.497 % for 2016. Solomon Islands SB: Population: Male: Ages 55-59: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 2.266 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.642 % in 1960 and a record low of 2.004 % in 1984. Solomon Islands SB: Population: Male: Ages 55-59: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Solomon Islands – Table SB.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 55 to 59 as a percentage of the total male population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

Marshall Islands MH: Access to Electricity: % of Population data was reported at 93.138 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 91.515 % for 2015. Marshall Islands MH: Access to Electricity: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 72.300 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2016, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 93.138 % in 2016 and a record low of 52.442 % in 1990. Marshall Islands MH: Access to Electricity: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Marshall Islands – Table MH.World Bank: Energy Production and Consumption. Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.; ; World Bank, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) database from the SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework led jointly by the World Bank, International Energy Agency, and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program.; Weighted Average;

Marshall Islands MH: Educational Attainment: At Least Completed Post-Secondary: Population 25+ Years: Total: % Cumulative data was reported at 17.441 % in 2011. Marshall Islands MH: Educational Attainment: At Least Completed Post-Secondary: Population 25+ Years: Total: % Cumulative data is updated yearly, averaging 17.441 % from Dec 2011 (Median) to 2011, with 1 observations. Marshall Islands MH: Educational Attainment: At Least Completed Post-Secondary: Population 25+ Years: Total: % Cumulative data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Marshall Islands – Table MH.World Bank: Education Statistics. The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed post-secondary non-tertiary education.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; ;

Marshall Islands MH: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data was reported at 11.300 % in 2019. Marshall Islands MH: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data is updated yearly, averaging 11.300 % from Dec 2019 (Median) to 2019, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.300 % in 2019 and a record low of 11.300 % in 2019. Marshall Islands MH: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Marshall Islands – Table MH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The percentage of people in the population who live in households whose per capita income or consumption is below half of the median income or consumption per capita. The median is measured at 2017 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using the Poverty and Inequality Platform (http://www.pip.worldbank.org). For some countries, medians are not reported due to grouped and/or confidential data. The reference year is the year in which the underlying household survey data was collected. In cases for which the data collection period bridged two calendar years, the first year in which data were collected is reported.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Solomon Islands SB: Population: Male: Ages 15-19: % of Male Population data was reported at 10.987 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 10.996 % for 2016. Solomon Islands SB: Population: Male: Ages 15-19: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 10.501 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.902 % in 1992 and a record low of 9.787 % in 1965. Solomon Islands SB: Population: Male: Ages 15-19: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Solomon Islands – Table SB.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 15 to 19 as a percentage of the total male population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

Solomon Islands SB: Population: Female: Ages 25-29: % of Female Population data was reported at 7.496 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 7.509 % for 2016. Solomon Islands SB: Population: Female: Ages 25-29: % of Female Population data is updated yearly, averaging 7.502 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.678 % in 2004 and a record low of 6.869 % in 1979. Solomon Islands SB: Population: Female: Ages 25-29: % of Female Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Solomon Islands – Table SB.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Female population between the ages 25 to 29 as a percentage of the total female population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;