What is the difference in borrowers from commercial banks between Tanzania and Zambia?

4.39 per 1,000 adults, with Tanzania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania and Zambia?

17 years are reported by both, from 2006 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.

Tanzania vs Zambia: Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)

Tanzania

49.15 per 1,000 adults

in 2024

Zambia

44.76 per 1,000 adults

in 2024

Tanzania rank

89th

Zambia rank

90th

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

Tanzania
Zambia

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 49.15 per 1,000 adults against 44.76 per 1,000 adults in Zambia, a difference of 4.39 per 1,000 adults.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2006 it was Tanzania ahead.

Tanzania ranks 89th and Zambia ranks 90th of 113 countries.

Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Tanzania	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
2000s	17.9 per 1,000 adults	11.64 per 1,000 adults	6.26 per 1,000 adults	Tanzania
2010s	53.03 per 1,000 adults	28.25 per 1,000 adults	24.78 per 1,000 adults	Tanzania
2020s	50.9 per 1,000 adults	40.98 per 1,000 adults	9.92 per 1,000 adults	Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher borrowers from commercial banks, Tanzania or Zambia?: Tanzania, at 49.15 per 1,000 adults against 44.76 per 1,000 adults in Zambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in borrowers from commercial banks between Tanzania and Zambia?: 4.39 per 1,000 adults, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania and Zambia?: 17 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2024.
How do Tanzania and Zambia rank globally for borrowers from commercial banks?: Tanzania ranks 89th and Zambia ranks 90th 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.