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

6.64 per 1,000 adults, with East Timor ahead.

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

20 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.

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.

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

East Timor

51.4 per 1,000 adults

in 2023

Zambia

44.76 per 1,000 adults

in 2024

East Timor rank

87th

Zambia rank

90th

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

East Timor
Zambia

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 51.4 per 1,000 adults against 44.76 per 1,000 adults in Zambia, a difference of 6.64 per 1,000 adults.

That makes East Timor's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2004 it was East Timor ahead.

East Timor ranks 87th and Zambia ranks 90th of 113 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Timor	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
2000s	22.6 per 1,000 adults	8.49 per 1,000 adults	14.11 per 1,000 adults	East Timor
2010s	35.08 per 1,000 adults	27.32 per 1,000 adults	7.76 per 1,000 adults	East Timor
2020s	49.45 per 1,000 adults	40.04 per 1,000 adults	9.41 per 1,000 adults	East Timor

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher borrowers from commercial banks, East Timor or Zambia?: East Timor, at 51.4 per 1,000 adults against 44.76 per 1,000 adults in Zambia as of 2023.
What is the difference in borrowers from commercial banks between East Timor and Zambia?: 6.64 per 1,000 adults, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Zambia?: 20 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.
How do East Timor and Zambia rank globally for borrowers from commercial banks?: East Timor ranks 87th 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.