What is the difference in borrowers from commercial banks between Portugal and Spain?

25.95 per 1,000 adults, with Portugal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Spain?

8 years are reported by both, from 2017 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.

Portugal vs Spain: Borrowers from commercial banks

Portugal

485.47 per 1,000 adults

in 2024

Spain

459.52 per 1,000 adults

in 2024

Portugal rank

16th

Spain rank

18th

Borrowers from commercial banks over time

Portugal
Spain

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 485.47 per 1,000 adults against 459.52 per 1,000 adults in Spain, a difference of 25.95 per 1,000 adults.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 2017 it was Spain ahead.

Portugal ranks 16th and Spain ranks 18th of 113 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Portugal	Spain	Difference	Ahead
2010s	468.12 per 1,000 adults	419.15 per 1,000 adults	48.97 per 1,000 adults	Portugal
2020s	495.13 per 1,000 adults	445.77 per 1,000 adults	49.37 per 1,000 adults	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher borrowers from commercial banks, Portugal or Spain?: Portugal, at 485.47 per 1,000 adults against 459.52 per 1,000 adults in Spain as of 2024.
What is the difference in borrowers from commercial banks between Portugal and Spain?: 25.95 per 1,000 adults, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Spain?: 8 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2024.
How do Portugal and Spain rank globally for borrowers from commercial banks?: Portugal ranks 16th and Spain ranks 18th 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.