Economies included in the Global Findex survey and database

|**Economy**|**Region**<sup>**a**</sup>|**Income group**|**Data collection**<br>**period**|**Interviews**|**Design**<br>**effect**<sup>**b**</sup>|**Margin**<br>**of error**<sup>**c**</sup>|**Mode of**<br>**interviewing**|**Languages**|**Over-**<br>**sample**<sup>**d**</sup>|**Exclusions and other sampling details**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|India|SAR|Lower middle|Apr 11–Jun 16|3,518|1.47|2.0|Face to face|Assamese,<br>Bengali,<br>Gujarati, Hindi,<br>Kannada,<br>Malayalam,<br>Marathi, Oriya,<br>Punjabi, Tamil,<br>Telugu||The sample excludes the Northeast states<br>and remote islands. The excluded area<br>represents approximately 10% of the total<br>adult population.|
|Indonesia|EAP|Lower middle|May 18–May 31|1,000|1.48|3.8|Face to face|Bahasa<br>Indonesia|||
|Iran, Islamic<br>Rep.<sup>e</sup>|MENA|Upper middle|Feb 26–Mar 30|1,003|1.41|3.7|Face to face|Farsi|||
|Iraq|MENA|Lower middle|Sep 13–Sep 25|1,000|1.51|3.8|Face to face|Arabic, Kurdish|||
|Ireland|n.a.|High|Apr 7–Apr 27|1,000|1.79|4.1|Landline<br>telephone|English<br>|Dublin City||
|Israel|n.a.|High|Oct 31–Dec 18|1,000|1.35|3.6|Face to face|Arabic, Hebrew||The sample excludes East Jerusalem. This<br>area is included in the sample of West Bank<br>and Gaza.|
|Italy|n.a.|High|Mar 15–Mar 31|1,005|1.96|4.3|Landline<br>and cellular<br>telephone|Italian|Rome||
|Jamaica|LAC|Upper middle|Nov 27–Dec 14|506|1.23|4.8|Face to face|English|||
|Japan|n.a.|High|Nov 9–Dec 4|1,000|1.52|3.8|Landline<br>telephone|Japanese|||
|Jordan|MENA|Upper middle|Mar 30–Apr 14|1,000|1.46|3.7|Face to face|Arabic|||
|Kazakhstan|ECA|Upper middle|Jun 9–Jul 1|1,000|1.19|3.4|Face to face|Kazakh,<br>Russian|||
|Kenya|SSA|Low|Jun 3–Jun 14|1,000|1.62|3.9|Face to face|English,<br>Swahili|||
|Korea, Rep.|n.a.|High|Jun 16–Jul 12|1,001|1.29|3.5|Landline<br>and cellular<br>telephone|Korean|||
|Kosovo|ECA|Lower middle|Jun 28–Jul 15|1,047|1.59|3.8|Face to face|Albanian,<br>Bosnian,<br>Montenegrin,<br>Serbian|Serbs in<br>Serbian<br>North and<br>Serbian<br>Enclaves||
|Kuwait|n.a.|High|Mar 5–Mar 28|1,000|1.39|3.6|Face to face|Arabic||The sample includes only Kuwaiti nationals<br>and Arab expatriates. The excluded popula-<br>tion represents approximately one-ffth of<br>the total adult population.|
|Kyrgyz Republi|c<br>ECA|Low|Jun 4–Jun 30|1,000|1.34|3.6|Face to face|Kirgiz, Russian,<br>Uzbek|||
|Lao PDR|EAP|Lower middle|Jun 10–Aug 6|1,000|1.45|3.7|Face to face|Lao||The sample excludes some remote rural<br>areas. The excluded area represents approxi-<br>mately 6% of the total adult population.|
|Latvia|ECA|Upper middle|May 20–Jun 14|1,006|1.29|3.5|Face to face|Latvian,<br>Russian|||
|Lebanon|MENA|Upper middle|Mar 1–Apr 25|1,004|1.23|3.4|Face to face|Arabic|||
|Lesotho|SSA|Lower middle|Nov 7–Nov 17|1,000|1.53|3.8|Face to face|Sotho, English,<br>Isithembu|||
|Liberia|SSA|Low|May 13–May 22|1,000|1.66|4.0|Face to face|English, Pidgin<br>English|||
|Lithuania|ECA|Upper middle|Apr 19–May 8|1,000|1.23|3.4|Face to face|Lithuanian|||
|Luxembourg|n.a.|<br>High|<br>Apr 11–May 5|1,000|1.53|3.8|Landline<br>telephone|French, German|||
|Macedonia,<br>FYR|ECA|Upper middle|Jul 7–Aug 25|1,018|1.91|4.2|Face to face|Albanian,<br>Bosnian,<br>Macedonian|Albanians<br>in<br>Northwest||
|Madagascar<sup>e</sup>|SSA|Low|May 12–May 25|1,000|1.51|3.8|Face to face|French,<br>Malagasy||The sample excludes some rural areas<br>because of inaccessibility and security risks.<br>The excluded area represents approximately<br>70% of the total adult population.|
|Malawi|SSA|Low|Dec 9–Dec 19|1,000|1.50|3.8|Face to face|Chichewa,<br>English,<br>Tumbuka|||

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