Opportunity and avenues to save critical to women’s access to finance

The 2025 Global Findex Database shows 90% of Indian women have formal bank accounts, up from 78% in 2021.

Inactive accounts dropped from 32% to 18% for Indian women between 2021 and 2025.

Only 11% of women globally rely on savings as their main emergency fund source, indicating low financial resilience.

% of women depend on friends or family for emergency funds, compared to 32% of men, increasing vulnerability.

Only 1 in 5 women could cover expenses for more than two months if income is lost.