What are the FAS indicators?
The FAS publishes 64 indicators that are normalized relative to the size of adult population, male adult population, female adult population, land area, and gross domestic product (GDP), to facilitate cross-country comparison. These indicators are listed as follows:
Access to and Use of
Financial Services
Geographical Outreach
- Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) per 1,000 km2
- Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) per 100,000 adults
- Branches of all microfinance institutions per 1,000 km2
- Branches of all microfinance institutions per 100,000 adults
- Branches of commercial banks per 1,000 km2
- Branches of commercial banks per 100,000 adults
- Branches of credit unions and credit cooperatives per 1,000 km2
- Branches of credit unions and credit cooperatives per 100,000 adults
- Branches of other deposit takers per 1,000 km2
- Branches of other deposit takers per 100,000 adults
- Non-branch retail agent outlets of commercial banks per 1000 km2
- Non-branch retail agent outlets of commercial banks per 100,000 adults
- Registered mobile money agent outlets per 1,000 km²
- Registered mobile money agent outlets per 100,000 adults
- Active mobile money agent outlets per 1,000 km²
- Active mobile money agent outlets per 100,000 adults
- Insurance corporations per 100,000 adults
Use of Financial Services - Borrowers at all microfinance institutions per 1,000 adults
- Male borrowers from all microfinance institutions per 1,000 male adults
- Female borrowers from all microfinance institutions per 1,000 female adults
- Borrowers at commercial banks per 1,000 adults
- Borrowers at commercial banks: o/w households per 1,000 adults
- Male borrowers from commercial banks per 1,000 male adults
- Female borrowers from commercial banks per 1,000 female adults
- Borrowers at commercial banks: o/w SMEs (percentage of non-financial corps)
- Borrowers at credit unions and credit cooperatives per 1,000 adults
- Depositors with commercial banks per 1,000 adults
- Depositors with commercial banks: o/w households per 1,000 adults
- Male depositors with commercial banks per 1,000 male adults
- Female depositors with commercial banks per 1,000 female adults
- Depositors with commercial banks: o/w SMEs (percentage of non-financial corps)
- Depositors with credit unions and credit cooperatives per 1,000 adults
- Life insurance policies per 1,000 adults
- Non-life insurance policies per 1,000 adults
- Deposit accounts with commercial banks per 1,000 adults
- Deposit accounts with commercial banks: o/w SMEs (percentage of non-financial corps)
- Deposit accounts with commercial banks: o/w households per 1,000 adults
- Men-owned deposit accounts with commercial banks per 1,000 male adults
- Women-owned deposit accounts with commercial banks per 1,000 female adults
- Deposit accounts with credit unions and credit cooperatives per 1,000 adults
- Loan accounts with commercial banks per 1,000 adults
- Loan accounts with commercial banks: o/w households per 1,000 adults
- Men-owned loan accounts with commercial banks per 1,000 male adults
- Women-owned loan accounts with commercial banks per 1,000 female adults
- Loan accounts with commercial banks: o/w SMEs (percentage of non-financial corps)
- Loan accounts with credit unions and credit cooperatives per 1,000 adults
- Loan accounts with all microfinance institutions per 1,000 adults
- Men-owned loan accounts with all microfinance institutions per 1,000 male adults
- Women-owned loan accounts with all microfinance institutions per 1,000 female adults
- Number of mobile money transactions per 1,000 adults
- Registered mobile money accounts per 1,000 adults
- Active mobile money accounts per 1,000 adults
- Average number of transactions per active mobile money account
- Credit cards per 1,000 adults
- Debit cards per 1,000 adults
- Number of mobile and internet banking transactions per 1,000 adults
- Mobile money balance value (percentage of GDP)
- Value of mobile money transactions (percentage of GDP)
- Outstanding deposits with commercial banks (percentage of GDP)
- Outstanding deposits with commercial banks: o/w SMEs (percentage of GDP)
- Outstanding deposits with commercial banks: o/w households (percentage of GDP)
- Outstanding deposits with credit unions and credit cooperatives (percentage of GDP)
- Outstanding deposits with other deposit takers (percentage of GDP)
- Outstanding loans with commercial banks (percentage of GDP)
- Outstanding loans with commercial banks: o/w SMEs (percentage of GDP)
- Outstanding loans with commercial banks: o/w households (percentage of GDP)
- Outstanding loans with credit unions and credit cooperatives (percentage of GDP)
- Outstanding loans with other deposit takers (percentage of GDP)
- Outstanding loans with all MFIs (percentage of GDP)
- Value of mobile and internet banking transactions (percentage of GDP)