What is the difference in borrowers from commercial banks between Costa Rica and Romania?

13.18 per 1,000 adults, with Costa Rica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Romania?

17 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Financial Access Survey, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Costa Rica vs Romania: Borrowers from commercial banks

Costa Rica

259.81 per 1,000 adults

in 2024

Romania

246.63 per 1,000 adults

in 2024

Costa Rica rank

48th

Romania rank

51st

Borrowers from commercial banks over time

Costa Rica
Romania

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 259.81 per 1,000 adults against 246.63 per 1,000 adults in Romania, a difference of 13.18 per 1,000 adults.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Romania's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Romania ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 48th and Romania ranks 51st of 113 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Romania in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Romania	Difference	Ahead
2000s	197.85 per 1,000 adults	243.53 per 1,000 adults	45.68 per 1,000 adults	Romania
2010s	228.27 per 1,000 adults	222.97 per 1,000 adults	5.3 per 1,000 adults	Costa Rica
2020s	246.32 per 1,000 adults	239.27 per 1,000 adults	7.04 per 1,000 adults	Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher borrowers from commercial banks, Costa Rica or Romania?: Costa Rica, at 259.81 per 1,000 adults against 246.63 per 1,000 adults in Romania as of 2024.
What is the difference in borrowers from commercial banks between Costa Rica and Romania?: 13.18 per 1,000 adults, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Romania?: 17 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Romania rank globally for borrowers from commercial banks?: Costa Rica ranks 48th and Romania ranks 51st of 113 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Financial Access Survey, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)
Unit: per 1,000 adults
Source: Financial Access Survey, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 148 places, 2,388 data points, 2004–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Borrowers from commercial banks are the reported number of resident customers that are nonfinancial corporations (public and private) and households who obtained loans from commercial banks and other banks functioning as commercial banks.