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

14.52 per 1,000 adults, with Palestine ahead.

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

16 years are reported by both, from 2009 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.

Samoa vs Palestine: Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)

Samoa

151.97 per 1,000 adults

in 2024

Palestine

166.49 per 1,000 adults

in 2024

Samoa rank

65th

Palestine rank

63rd

Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) over time

Samoa
Palestine

How they compare

Palestine currently reports 166.49 per 1,000 adults against 151.97 per 1,000 adults in Samoa, a difference of 14.52 per 1,000 adults.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 16 shared years of data; in 2009 it was Samoa ahead.

Samoa ranks 65th and Palestine ranks 63rd of 113 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 2 and Palestine in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Samoa	Palestine	Difference	Ahead
2000s	145.41 per 1,000 adults	75.15 per 1,000 adults	70.27 per 1,000 adults	Samoa
2010s	129.94 per 1,000 adults	128.2 per 1,000 adults	1.74 per 1,000 adults	Samoa
2020s	128.7 per 1,000 adults	171.64 per 1,000 adults	42.94 per 1,000 adults	Palestine

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher borrowers from commercial banks, Samoa or Palestine?: Palestine, at 166.49 per 1,000 adults against 151.97 per 1,000 adults in Samoa as of 2024.
What is the difference in borrowers from commercial banks between Samoa and Palestine?: 14.52 per 1,000 adults, with Palestine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Palestine?: 16 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2024.
How do Samoa and Palestine rank globally for borrowers from commercial banks?: Samoa ranks 65th and Palestine ranks 63rd 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: 29 October 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.