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

Bangladesh, 2024

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Reference ID

BGD_2024_FINDEX_v02_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/n6gt-g858

Producer(s)

Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit

Collection(s)

Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) Database

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Oct 01, 2025

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Dec 12, 2025

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Greatest financial worry (fin45)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateBangladesh

Overview

Valid: 1000

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 58

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Which of the following financial issues are you MOST worried about? Please choose only one option. Are you most worried about not having enough money…? 1. For your old age 2. For your business 3. For medical costs in case of a serious illness or accident 4.For monthly expenses, such as food, housing, or bills 5. For school or education fees 6. Some other reason

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	For their old age	85	8.5%
2	For their business	26	2.6%
3	For medical costs in case of a serious illness or accident	94	9.4%
4	For monthly expenses, such as food, housing, or bills	627	62.7%
5	For school or education fees	106	10.6%
6	Some other reason	48	4.8%
7	Don't know	11	1.1%
8	Refused	3	0.3%

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.

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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