The Global Findex Database 2025: Connectivity and Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

South Africa, 2024

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Reference ID

ZAF_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

Reason for no phone: lack of money (con2a)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateSouth Africa

Overview

Valid: 170

Invalid: 830

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

We would like to understand why you do not own a mobile phone. Are any of the following reasons why you do not have a mobile phone? Please answer yes or no: You don't have enough money to buy a mobile phone

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	97	57.1%
2	No	68	40%
8	Don't know	5	2.9%
9	Refused	0	0%
Sysmiss		830

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

Con1 = "no/dk/r"

Others

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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