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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Jan 05, 2026

Last modified

Jan 05, 2026

Frequency of money sent from mobile money accounts (fin13b)

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 sent from your mobile money account(s)? Weekly, monthly, or less than once a month?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Weekly	38	16.8%
2	Monthly	96	42.5%
3	Less than once a month	56	24.8%
4	Never	31	13.7%
5	Don't know	4	1.8%
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"

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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