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

Reason for no mobile money account: too far (fin14a)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateSouth Africa

Overview

Valid: 608

Invalid: 392

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Are any of the following statements reasons why you do not have a mobile money account? Please answer yes or no to each of the following: Mobile money agents are too far away

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	149	24.5%
2	No	401	66%
3	Don't know	55	9%
4	Refused	3	0.5%
Sysmiss		392

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 = "no/dk/r"

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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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