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

Mali, 2024

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Reference ID

MLI_2024_FINDEX_v02_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/354q-0590

Producer(s)

Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit

Collection(s)

Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) Database Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Oct 01, 2025

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Oct 01, 2025

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Main reason for only using cash for in-store merchant payments (fin25e4)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_Mali

Overview

Valid: 621

Invalid: 381

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 7

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 56

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Because the merchant(s) only accepts cash	148	23.8%
2	Because it's more expensive to pay using a card or phone	30	4.8%
3	Because you don't trust payments using a card or phone	34	5.5%
4	Because you're used to paying by cash	371	59.7%
5	Some other reason	32	5.2%
6	Don't know	5	0.8%
7	Refused	1	0.2%
Sysmiss		381

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.

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