What is the difference in borrowers from commercial banks between Libya and Samoa?

13.6 per 1,000 adults, with Samoa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Samoa?

8 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2011.

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.

Libya vs Samoa: Borrowers from commercial banks

Libya

138.37 per 1,000 adults

in 2011

Samoa

151.97 per 1,000 adults

in 2024

Libya rank

67th

Samoa rank

64th

Borrowers from commercial banks over time

Libya
Samoa

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 151.97 per 1,000 adults against 138.37 per 1,000 adults in Libya, a difference of 13.6 per 1,000 adults.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Samoa ahead.

Libya ranks 67th and Samoa ranks 64th of 112 countries.

Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Libya	Samoa	Difference	Ahead
2000s	121.68 per 1,000 adults	167.48 per 1,000 adults	45.8 per 1,000 adults	Samoa
2010s	144.26 per 1,000 adults	161.07 per 1,000 adults	16.81 per 1,000 adults	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher borrowers from commercial banks, Libya or Samoa?: Samoa, at 151.97 per 1,000 adults against 138.37 per 1,000 adults in Libya as of 2024.
What is the difference in borrowers from commercial banks between Libya and Samoa?: 13.6 per 1,000 adults, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Samoa?: 8 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2011.
How do Libya and Samoa rank globally for borrowers from commercial banks?: Libya ranks 67th and Samoa ranks 64th of 112 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: 147 places, 2,367 data points, 2004–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 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.