Brazil has more ATMs than any other country. Where are all the world's cash machines?
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/dec/17/where-are-the-worlds-cash-machines-atms Version 0 of 1. Brazil has 159,898 ATMs according to the World Bank's last count, more than any other country in the world. If you're among those who prefer to withdraw cash on arrival; with seven times more ATMs than Ireland, Iran would be a better holiday destination. The interactive map below shows which places in the world have the most - click on a country to see the numbers in full. If you're unsure what an ATM is, there are three possible reasons why: 1) you're from one of the 66 countries where there still aren't any<br />2) you didn't know that it stands for Automated Teller Machine<br />3) you're from one of the countries where these devices are known as ABMs (Automated Banking Machine) cash machines, cashpoints or holes in the wall Having 3 ATMs for every 1,000 adults though Moldova tops the street banking list in per capita terms. It's also the country to have experienced the most dramatic change in its ATM supply - as recently as 2004 it had one tenth the number it does now. Russia has also experienced a dramatic change with 1.5 ATMs per 1,000 people in 2011 compared to just 0.2 per 1,000 in 2004. We've provided the top full rankings below. The latest data that the World Bank has is from 2011 so maybe you know better. Get the data in full here and tell us what you think in the comments below. Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. |