Global Use
There are no hard international or government-compiled numbers totaling the complete number of ATMs in use worldwide. Estimates developed by ATMIA place the number of ATMs in use currently at over 2.2 million, or 1 ATM per around over 3000 people in the world.
For the purpose of analysing ATM usage around the world, financial institutions generally divide the world into seven regions, due to the penetration rates, usage statistics, and features deployed. Four regions (USA, Canada, Europe, and Japan) have high numbers of ATMs per million people. Despite the large number of ATMs, there is additional demand for machines in the Asia/Pacific area as well as in Latin America. ATMs have yet to reach high numbers in the Near East and Africa.
One of The world's most northerly installed ATMs is located at Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway.
The world's most southerly installed ATM is located at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
While India claims to have the world's highest installed ATM at Nathu La Pass, India installed by the Union Bank of India at 4310 metres, there are higher ATMs installed in Nagchu County, Tibet at 4500 metres by the Agricultural Bank of China.
Israel has the world's lowest installed ATM at Ein Bokek at the Dead Sea, installed independently by a grocery store at 421 metres below sea level.
While ATMs are ubiquitous on modern cruise ships, ATMs can also be found on some US Navy ships.
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