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<strong>Micr<strong>of</strong>inance</strong> Activity by District<br />

Savings<br />

Average levels <strong>of</strong> Savings Accounts by District<br />

Table 75 Average levels <strong>of</strong> Savings Accounts by District<br />

District<br />

Average No <strong>of</strong><br />

Accounts Per x No <strong>of</strong><br />

People<br />

Average Savings<br />

Amount Per Person<br />

(SLR)<br />

1 Hambantota 1.33 2,221.30<br />

2 Kurunegala 1.40 2,387.15<br />

3 Matara 1.50 2,290.47<br />

4 Polonnaruwa 1.71 1,556.16<br />

5 Puttalam 1.99 1,522.80<br />

6 Matale 2.08 1,163.89<br />

7 Galle 2.12 1,766.08<br />

8 Kegalle 2.17 1,464.34<br />

9 Badulla 2.23 934.48<br />

10 K<strong>and</strong>y 2.44 1,134.11<br />

11 Nuwara Eliya 2.60 826.74<br />

12 Gampaha 2.62 1,663.33<br />

13 Ratnapura 3.06 1,219.24<br />

14 Moneragala 3.22 653.15<br />

15 Anuradhapura 3.31 523.78<br />

16 Jaffna 3.53 562.59<br />

17 Kalutara 3.63 1,209.85<br />

18 Trincomalee 3.91 95.08<br />

19 Vavuniya 4.64 153.06<br />

20 Colombo 4.78 1,062.06<br />

21 Ampara 5.88 261.50<br />

22 Mannar 9.92 68.52<br />

23 The Wanni 18.25 48.13<br />

24 Batticaloa 18.70 20.69<br />

Total 2.57 1,258.47<br />

The survey identified a total <strong>of</strong> 7,414,017 individual savings accounts. This is the<br />

equivalent <strong>of</strong> one savings account per every 2.57 people or 2.07 savings accounts<br />

per family in the country.

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