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Given that these figures do not include individual savings account information<br />

from TCCS, Samurdhi or the formal financial services sector, there is clearly a<br />

huge level <strong>of</strong> savings mobilisation present in <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong> as a whole.<br />

Averaged by population, the district <strong>of</strong> Hambantota has the highest relative levels<br />

<strong>of</strong> savings accounts in the country with 1 savings account per 1.33 people. This is<br />

the equivalent <strong>of</strong> 4.2 savings accounts per family.<br />

Hambantota is closely followed by the districts <strong>of</strong> Kurunegala, Matara <strong>and</strong><br />

Polonnaruwa all having an average more than 3 individual savings accounts per<br />

family.<br />

Overall, 20 <strong>of</strong> the 24 areas <strong>of</strong> the country surveyed recorded averages <strong>of</strong> at least<br />

one savings account per family. An unexpected finding <strong>of</strong> the survey was that<br />

Polonnaruwa <strong>and</strong> Puttalam districts ranked 4 th <strong>and</strong> 5 th respectively.

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