The Global Findex Database 2025: Connectivity and Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

Albania, Algeria, Argentina...and 137 more, 2024

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Reference ID

WLD_2024_FINDEX_v02_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/bk9n-8r43

Producer(s)

Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit

Collection(s)

Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) Database

Metadata

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Oct 01, 2025

Last modified

Dec 12, 2025

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Paid an unexpected fee to withdraw wages (fin35)

Data file: findex_microdata_2025_labelled_update112425

Overview

Valid: 18570

Invalid: 125520

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Have you ever paid a fee that was more than you expected when you withdrew or took out your salary or wages from your account?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	4173	22.5%
2	No	13860	74.6%
3	Don't know	494	2.7%
4	Refused	43	0.2%
Sysmiss		125520

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

Fin34A or Fin34B or Fin34D = "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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