TW | NZ | HK | AU | MY | SG | TH | PH | MM | CN | VT | IN | KR | ID | BD | JP | |
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Overall FinLit Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
Basic Money Management (Overall) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 15 |
Budgeting ability | 10 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
Keeping up with bills | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 |
Saving for big purchases | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 5 |
Tracking expenditure | 11 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 13 |
Unsecured loans | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 7 | |
Financial Planning (Overall) | 1 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 15 |
FP is not only for the rich | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 |
Starting early with FP | 1 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 |
Save regularly | 4 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 15 |
Emergency savings | 2 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 13 |
Insurance is important | 1 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 13 |
Retirement funds needed | 10 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
Investment (Overall) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 15 | |
Financial statements understanding | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 15 | |
Financial products suitability | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 15 | |
Investment monitoring | 4 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 15 | |
Concept of diversification | 8 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | |
Concept of inflation | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
MasterCard’s latest Financial Literacy Index 2015 Raw Data
This is based on the press release here: http://news.mstr.cd/1Idb9UKAPAC | TW | NZ | HK | AU | MY | SG | TH | PH | MM | CN | VT | IN | KR | ID | BD | JP | |
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Overall FinLit Score | 65 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 65 | 62 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 55 |
Basic Money Management (Overall) | 63 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 73 | 66 | 67 | 63 | 66 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 56 | 57 | 59 | 54 | 55 |
Budgeting ability | 85 | 87 | 89 | 86 | 89 | 89 | 83 | 86 | 89 | 90 | 95 | 82 | 93 | 71 | 89 | 93 | 51 |
Keeping up with bills | 62 | 65 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 61 | 68 | 66 | 64 | 36 | 55 | 64 | 45 | 73 | 63 | 55 | 65 |
Saving for big purchases | 53 | 57 | 57 | 72 | 62 | 52 | 59 | 47 | 49 | 50 | 46 | 60 | 39 | 34 | 60 | 43 | 59 |
Tracking expenditure | 68 | 66 | 77 | 55 | 75 | 70 | 68 | 74 | 88 | 51 | 59 | 73 | 81 | 72 | 46 | 71 | 57 |
Unsecured loans | 45 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 60 | 41 | 38 | - | 35 | 18 | 22 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 45 |
Financial Planning (Overall) | 75 | 84 | 73 | 72 | 68 | 20 | 77 | 79 | 73 | 81 | 76 | 81 | 74 | 78 | 70 | 69 | 64 |
FP is not only for the rich | 74 | 87 | 81 | 63 | 74 | 80 | 75 | 75 | 83 | 80 | 71 | 87 | 62 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 55 |
Starting early with FP | 78 | 96 | 86 | 60 | 82 | 84 | 87 | 63 | 54 | 85 | 88 | 89 | 58 | 90 | 90 | 55 | 75 |
Save regularly | 90 | 95 | 91 | 90 | 89 | 93 | 91 | 87 | 98 | 97 | 89 | 96 | 87 | 92 | 81 | 90 | 81 |
Emergency savings | 86 | 95 | 84 | 84 | 79 | 91 | 89 | 86 | 91 | 97 | 84 | 90 | 83 | 88 | 74 | 79 | 79 |
Insurance is important | 76 | 89 | 63 | 82 | 54 | 82 | 79 | 86 | 77 | 82 | 80 | 74 | 82 | 85 | 62 | 76 | 66 |
Retirement funds needed | 46 | 41 | 30 | 53 | 30 | 47 | 40 | 77 | 35 | 44 | 43 | 53 | 74 | 39 | 42 | 51 | 31 |
Investment (Overall) | 58 | 66 | 62 | 65 | 60 | 62 | 57 | 60 | 56 | - | 68 | 53 | 59 | 49 | 55 | 58 | 41 |
Financial statements understanding | 68 | 63 | 77 | 84 | 75 | 75 | 64 | 74 | 58 | 77 | 61 | 91 | 51 | 79 | 66 | 26 | |
Financial products suitability | 74 | 83 | 80 | 75 | 73 | 83 | 70 | 84 | 89 | 86 | 76 | 71 | 65 | 73 | 50 | 45 | |
Investment monitoring | 66 | 78 | 56 | 77 | 55 | 69 | 55 | 73 | 81 | 82 | 66 | 83 | 61 | 48 | 73 | 40 | |
Concept of diversification | 40 | 40 | 47 | 36 | 48 | 39 | 47 | 41 | 22 | 41 | 28 | 28 | 39 | 39 | 55 | 49 | |
Concept of inflation | 43 | 65 | 51 | 53 | 50 | 41 | 48 | 29 | 28 | 55 | 36 | 23 | 32 | 36 | 46 | 47 |