Category
Payroll & Earned Wage Access Statistics (2026)
How workers are paid: wage payments received into accounts and through mobile phones, from the World Bank Global Findex. Earned-wage-access products are not measured in open datasets.
FinStatGlobe tracks 2 indicators in this category, with observed data for up to 140 countries. Every figure below is shown verbatim from the source dataset and cites its actual data year.
Wage Payments into Accounts
Measured as % of adults (age 15+). Tracked in 140 countries; highest value: Iceland at 76% (2021).
| # | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 76% | 2021 |
| 2 | Estonia | 69.9% | 2021 |
| 3 | Sweden | 67.9% | 2021 |
| 4 | Norway | 67.6% | 2021 |
| 5 | Denmark | 67.5% | 2021 |
| 6 | New Zealand | 64.1% | 2021 |
| 7 | Australia | 62.8% | 2021 |
| 8 | Finland | 62.5% | 2021 |
| 9 | South Korea | 59.5% | 2021 |
| 10 | Singapore | 58.8% | 2021 |
Ranks count all 140 economies with a qualifying recent observation — the same denominator as the country pages — including 1 with a single observation, which have no dedicated page here and are shown without links.
All 140 countries with data
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Source: World Bank Global Findex . Latest observed values per country; data years vary.
Mobile Wage Payments
Measured as % of adults (age 15+). Tracked in 99 countries; highest value: Mongolia at 39% (2024).
| # | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 39% | 2024 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 25% | 2024 |
| 3 | Kenya | 21.3% | 2024 |
| 4 | Senegal | 20.1% | 2024 |
| 5 | Vietnam | 19.7% | 2024 |
| 6 | Brazil | 18.2% | 2024 |
| 7 | Thailand | 17.6% | 2024 |
| 8 | Botswana | 17.4% | 2024 |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.1% | 2024 |
| 10 | Russia | 15.6% | 2021 |
All 99 countries with data
Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkiye, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Source: World Bank Global Findex . Latest observed values per country; data years vary.