Lesotho vs Zimbabwe: Borrowers from commercial banks

Lesotho
52.75 per 1,000 adults
in 2024
Zimbabwe
58.55 per 1,000 adults
in 2024
Lesotho rank
86th
Zimbabwe rank
84th

Borrowers from commercial banks over time

  • Lesotho
  • Zimbabwe
050100150200420142024

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 58.55 per 1,000 adults against 52.75 per 1,000 adults in Lesotho, a difference of 5.8 per 1,000 adults.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 86th and Zimbabwe ranks 84th of 113 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
2000s 21.76 per 1,000 adults 3.53 per 1,000 adults 18.23 per 1,000 adults Lesotho
2010s 44.92 per 1,000 adults 52.84 per 1,000 adults 7.92 per 1,000 adults Zimbabwe
2020s 42.68 per 1,000 adults 65.06 per 1,000 adults 22.38 per 1,000 adults Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher borrowers from commercial banks, Lesotho or Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe, at 58.55 per 1,000 adults against 52.75 per 1,000 adults in Lesotho as of 2024.
What is the difference in borrowers from commercial banks between Lesotho and Zimbabwe?
5.8 per 1,000 adults, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Zimbabwe?
21 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Zimbabwe rank globally for borrowers from commercial banks?
Lesotho ranks 86th and Zimbabwe ranks 84th 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

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.