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**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Portugal|n.a.|High|Apr 5–May 12|1,000|1.81|4.2|Landline<br>and cellular<br>telephone|Portuguese|Lisbon||
|Qatar<sup>e</sup>|n.a.|High|Feb 10–Apr 19|1,032|1.49|3.7|Cellular<br>telephone|Arabic||The sample includes only Qataris and<br>Arab expatriates. The excluded population<br>represents approximately 50% of the total<br>adult population.|
|Romania|ECA|Upper middle|Apr 16–May 12|1,008|1.57|3.9|Face to face|Romanian,<br>Moldovian|Bucharest||
|Russian<br>Federation|ECA|Upper middle|May 8–Jun 30|2,000|1.68|2.8|Face to face|Russian|Urban||
|Rwanda|SSA|Low|Aug 11–Aug 22|1,000|1.56|3.9|Face to face|French,<br>English,<br>Kinyarwandan|||
|Saudi Arabia|n.a.|High|Mar 1–Mar 27|1,000|1.23|3.4|Face to face|Arabic||The sample includes only Saudi Arabians<br>and Arab expatriates. The excluded popula-<br>tion represents approximately 20% of the<br>total adult population. Gender-matched<br>sampling was used during the fnal stage<br>of selection.|
|Senegal|SSA|Lower middle|Mar 2–Apr 10|1,000|1.54|3.8|Face to face|French, Wolof|||
|Serbia|ECA|Upper middle|Jul 8–Jul 31|1,001|1.32|3.6|Face to face|Serbian|Muslims in<br>Sandzak||
|Sierra Leone|SSA|Low|Sep 30–Oct 10|1,000|1.52|3.8|Face to face|English, Krio,<br>Mende, Temne|||
|Singapore|n.a.|High|Sep 1–Oct 30|1,000|1.48|3.8|Face to face|English,<br>Chinese,<br>Bahasa Malay|||
|Slovak<br>Republic|n.a.|High|Apr 12–May 8|1,012|1.49|3.8|Face to face|Slovak|Bratislava||
|Slovenia|n.a.|High|Apr 4–May 20|1,001|1.53|3.8|Landline<br>telephone|Slovene|Ljubljana||
|Somalia<sup>e</sup>|SSA|Low|Mar 12–Mar 21|1,000|1.18|3.4|Face to face|Somali||The sample includes only the Somaliland re-<br>gion. The excluded area represents approxi-<br>mately 65% of the total adult population.|
|South Africa|SSA|Upper middle|Aug 27–Sep 9|1,000|1.31|3.5|Face to face|Afrikaans,<br>English, Sotho,<br>Zulu, Xhosa|||
|Spain|n.a.|High|Mar 14–Mar 30|1,006|1.63|3.9|Landline<br>and cellular<br>telephone|Spanish|Madrid||
|Sri Lanka|SAR|Lower middle|Apr 5–Apr 22|1,000|1.60|3.9|Face to face|Sinhala, Tamil|||
|Sudan|SSA|Lower middle|Mar 11–Mar 20|1,000|1.68|4.0|Face to face|Arabic, English||The sample does not include South Sudan.<br>The Darfur region was excluded because of<br>security risks. The excluded area repre-<br>sents approximately 15% of the total adult<br>population.|
|Swaziland|SSA|Lower middle|Nov 13–Nov 21|1,000|1.67|4.0|Face to face|Siswati,<br>English|||
|Sweden|n.a.|High|Apr 4–May 2|1,006|1.75|4.1|Landline<br>telephone|Swedish|Stockholm||
|Syrian Arab<br>Republic|MENA|Lower middle|Mar 4–Apr 3|1,011|1.29|3.5|Face to face|Arabic|||
|Taiwan, China|n.a.|High|Jun 15–Oct 6|1,001|1.52|3.8|Landline<br>and cellular<br>telephone|Chinese|||
|Tajikistan|ECA|Low|Jun 23–Aug 19|1,000|1.23|3.4|Face to face|Tajik, Russian|||
|Tanzania|SSA|Low|Jun 18–Jul 1|1,000|1.54|3.8|Face to face|English,<br>Swahili|||
|Thailand|EAP|Upper middle|Jun 11–Jul 22|1,000|1.41|3.7|Face to face|Thai|||
|Togo|SSA|Low|Aug 18–Aug 28|1,000|1.30|3.5|Face to face|French, Ewe,<br>Kabye|||
|Trinidad and<br>Tobago|n.a.|High|Nov 9–Nov 17|504|1.35|5.1|Face to face|English|||
|Tunisia|MENA|Upper middle|Mar 27–Apr 8|1,021|1.15|3.3|Face to face|Arabic|||

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