What is the difference in borrowers from commercial banks between Timor-Leste and Zimbabwe?

7.15 per 1,000 adults, with Zimbabwe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Timor-Leste and Zimbabwe?

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.

Timor-Leste vs Zimbabwe: Borrowers from commercial banks

Timor-Leste

51.4 per 1,000 adults

in 2023

Zimbabwe

58.55 per 1,000 adults

in 2024

Timor-Leste rank

87th

Zimbabwe rank

84th

Borrowers from commercial banks over time

Timor-Leste
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 58.55 per 1,000 adults against 51.4 per 1,000 adults in Timor-Leste, a difference of 7.15 per 1,000 adults.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Timor-Leste's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Timor-Leste ahead.

Timor-Leste ranks 87th and Zimbabwe ranks 84th of 113 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Timor-Leste averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Timor-Leste	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
2000s	22.6 per 1,000 adults	3.53 per 1,000 adults	19.07 per 1,000 adults	Timor-Leste
2010s	35.08 per 1,000 adults	52.84 per 1,000 adults	17.76 per 1,000 adults	Zimbabwe
2020s	49.45 per 1,000 adults	66.69 per 1,000 adults	17.24 per 1,000 adults	Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher borrowers from commercial banks, Timor-Leste or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 58.55 per 1,000 adults against 51.4 per 1,000 adults in Timor-Leste as of 2024.
What is the difference in borrowers from commercial banks between Timor-Leste and Zimbabwe?: 7.15 per 1,000 adults, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Timor-Leste and Zimbabwe?: 20 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.
How do Timor-Leste and Zimbabwe rank globally for borrowers from commercial banks?: Timor-Leste ranks 87th and Zimbabwe ranks 84th 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.