{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "verified_on": "2026-10-13",
  "extraction": "Manual transcription of rounded published summaries; not derived from API country records",
  "claims": [
    {"metric":"account ownership","geography":"Sub-Saharan Africa","year":2021,"value":49,"unit":"percent of adults 15+","release":"Findex 2025","url":"https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2025/07/16/mobile-phone-technology-powers-saving-surge-in-developing-economies"},
    {"metric":"account ownership","geography":"World","year":2021,"value":74,"unit":"percent of adults 15+","release":"Findex 2025","url":"https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/allaboutfinance/digital-technology-is-unlocking-financial-inclusion"},
    {"metric":"account ownership","geography":"World","year":2024,"value":79,"unit":"percent of adults 15+","release":"Findex 2025","url":"https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/allaboutfinance/digital-technology-is-unlocking-financial-inclusion"},
    {"metric":"mobile money account ownership","geography":"Sub-Saharan Africa","year":2021,"value":27,"unit":"percent of adults 15+","release":"Findex 2025","url":"https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/allaboutfinance/digital-technology-is-unlocking-financial-inclusion"},
    {"metric":"mobile money account ownership","geography":"Sub-Saharan Africa","year":2024,"value":40,"unit":"percent of adults 15+","release":"Findex 2025","url":"https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/allaboutfinance/digital-technology-is-unlocking-financial-inclusion"},
    {"metric":"account ownership","geography":"Sub-Saharan Africa","year":2024,"value":58,"unit":"percent of adults 15+","release":"Findex 2025","url":"https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2025/07/16/mobile-phone-technology-powers-saving-surge-in-developing-economies"}
  ],
  "caveat":"World includes Africa; SSA excludes North Africa; categories overlap. Values are rounded and not harmonised with later API revisions. Original quotation attribution unverified."
}