Central Europe and the Baltics: Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Central Europe and the Baltics' borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) rose 12.86 on 2023 (from 399.8 to 412.66).

Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2013 to 2023), the average change was −9.1 and a typical year strayed about 10.31 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 12.86 in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 32.94 in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 9.02 a year. A straight line explains 84% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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What this measures

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.

Limitations: For many countries data cover the total number of loan accounts due to lack of information on loan account holders. For several countries, data cover all borrowers including commercial banks, credit unions and financial cooperatives, deposit taking microfinance institutions, and other deposit takers. These include all resident financial corporations and quasi-corporations (except the central bank) that are mainly engaged in financial intermediation and that issue liabilities included in the national definition of broad money.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 13 values

Borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 3.29 (2019)
• Algeria — 43.39 (2024)
• Bahrain — 191.97 (2024)
• Djibouti — 42.46 (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 132.95 (2024)
• Kuwait — 198.93 (2024)
• Lebanon — 70.82 (2024)
• Pakistan — 23.34 (2024)
• Qatar — 280.89 (2021)
• Saudi Arabia

More financial sector data for Central Europe and the Baltics

• Broad money (% of GDP) — 66.16% (2024)
• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 36.93% (2024)
• Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 3.81% (2025)
• Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 3.84% (2025)
• Listed domestic companies, total — 1,217 (2025)
• Stocks traded, total value (current US$) — US$145.95 billion (2025)
• Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) — 6.04% (2025)
• Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 36.96% (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Central Europe and the Baltics's borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)?

412.66 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2012?

It is down 17.45% from 499.87 in 2012 (1.58% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 499.87 in 2012 and the lowest 399.8 in 2023.

Is the latest change in borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) unusual for Central Europe and the Baltics?

In 2024, Central Europe and the Baltics' borrowers from commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) rose 12.86 on 2023 (from 399.8 to 412.66). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2013 to 2023), the average change was −9.1 and a typical year strayed about 10.31 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FB.CBK.BRWR.P3, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Financial Access Survey, International Monetary Fund (IMF), uri: https://data.imf.org/en/datasets/IMF.STA:FAS Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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