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

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Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit

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Jan 05, 2026

Last modified

Jan 05, 2026

Frequency of money deposited into mobile money accounts (fin13a)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateSouth Africa

Overview

Valid: 226

Invalid: 774

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 6

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 22

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In a typical month, how often is money deposited into your mobile money account(s)? This includes cash or electronic deposits, or any time money is put into your account. Weekly, monthly, or less than once a month?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Weekly	29	12.8%
2	Monthly	108	47.8%
3	Less than once a month	62	27.4%
4	Never	20	8.8%
5	Don't know	6	2.7%
6	Refused	1	0.4%
Sysmiss		774

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

Fin12_13 = "yes"

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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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