EU countries by account ownership, primary education or less, 2024
Austria had the highest account ownership, primary education or less of 26 EU countries in 2024, at 100%. Romania had the lowest, at 41.03%. The median was 89.08%. Source: the World Bank.
Map of EU countries, 2024
- Under 72
- 72 to 86
- 86 to 96
- 96 to 99
- 99 and over
- No data
All EU countries, 2024
Full ranking
| Rank | EU countries | 2024 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 100 |
| 1 | Denmark | 100 |
| 1 | Finland | 100 |
| 1 | Germany | 100 |
| 1 | Lithuania | 100 |
| 6 | Cyprus | 99.29 |
| 7 | Slovenia | 98.63 |
| 8 | France | 98.08 |
| 9 | Spain | 97.63 |
| 10 | Estonia | 96.69 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 95.89 |
| 12 | Ireland | 92.92 |
| 13 | Sweden | 89.91 |
| 14 | Malta | 88.24 |
| 15 | Belgium | 87.76 |
| 16 | Latvia | 85.67 |
| 17 | Portugal | 80.93 |
| 18 | Greece | 80.67 |
| 19 | Czechia | 74.75 |
| 20 | Italy | 74.59 |
| 21 | Hungary | 72.45 |
| 22 | Croatia | 71.46 |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 58.09 |
| 24 | Poland | 51.07 |
| 25 | Slovakia | 50.41 |
| 26 | Romania | 41.03 |
Other periods
About this ranking
Percentage of respondents aged 15 and over with primary education or less who have a financial institution or mobile money account. The denominator is this education group. Account definition: Having an individual or joint account at a bank or another financial institution, or personally using a mobile money service in the past 12 months.
Global Findex survey estimates for people aged 15 and over, or the named subgroup. Percentages use all respondents in that population, not only savers, borrowers or account owners. Only published survey years are stored; no values are interpolated or carried forward. The 2025 edition reports 2024 fieldwork. Some earlier-wave surveys were conducted in 2022; the publisher year labels are retained. In 2024, account and debit-card ownership were asked more widely than other financial-use questions, so available years vary by measure and economy. Survey coverage and questions can change between waves.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. 1 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 2024 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
World Bank, Global Findex Database. Global Findex: Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider, primary education or less (% of population ages 15+) (FX.OWN.TOTL.PL.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FX.OWN.TOTL.PL.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Citation styles
APA 7
World Bank. (2026). Global Findex: Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider, primary education or less (% of population ages 15+) (FX.OWN.TOTL.PL.ZS) (EU countries by account ownership, primary education or less, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FX.OWN.TOTL.PL.ZS
MLA 9
Global Findex: Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider, primary education or less (% of population ages 15+) (FX.OWN.TOTL.PL.ZS), EU countries by account ownership, primary education or less, 2024. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FX.OWN.TOTL.PL.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/account-ownership-primary-education/eu-countries. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
World Bank. 2026. Global Findex: Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider, primary education or less (% of population ages 15+) (FX.OWN.TOTL.PL.ZS). EU countries by account ownership, primary education or less, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FX.OWN.TOTL.PL.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/account-ownership-primary-education/eu-countries.
Harvard
World Bank (2026) Global Findex: Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider, primary education or less (% of population ages 15+) (FX.OWN.TOTL.PL.ZS), EU countries by account ownership, primary education or less, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FX.OWN.TOTL.PL.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/account-ownership-primary-education/eu-countries (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Questions
Which EU country has the highest account ownership, primary education or less?
Austria, with 100% in 2024, according to the World Bank.
Which EU country has the lowest account ownership, primary education or less?
Romania, with 41.03% in 2024.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Global Findex: Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider, primary education or less (% of population ages 15+) (FX.OWN.TOTL.PL.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 EU countries have no value for 2024 and are not ranked.
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