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

Any deposits or withdrawals (fin7)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateSouth Africa

Overview

Valid: 134

Invalid: 866

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the past 12 months, has money been put into or taken out of your personal account(s)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	69	51.5%
2	No	54	40.3%
3	Don't know	5	3.7%
4	Refused	6	4.5%
Sysmiss		866

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

Fin5 and Fin6 = "less than once a month/never/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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