Financial Access Survey
The Financial Access Survey (FAS) is an annual supply-side dataset on access to and use of financial services aimed at supporting policymakers to measure and monitor financial inclusion and benchmark progress against peers.
Compiled directly from financial authorities, the FAS covers 192 economies and includes 121 data series and 70 indicators normalized by adult population size, land area, and GDP. The dataset spans from 2004 to 2024, and it continues to evolve in line with financial innovations such as mobile banking and the increasing demand for gender-disaggregated data. An ongoing pilot project aims to further enhance the FAS, incorporating new data on digital financial services, improved gender disaggregation, and additional dimensions related to loan pricing and risk.
Selected data series are disaggregated by gender (male and female), the type of financial service provider (e.g., commercial banks, credit unions, and microfinance institutions) and the type of customer (e.g., households and SMEs).